The Ghost of St. Michael's
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| The Ghost of St. Michael's | |
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 DVD of The Ghost of St. Michael's |
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| Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
| Written by | John Dighton Angus MacPhail |
| Starring | Will Hay Claude Hulbert Charles Hawtrey John Laurie |
| Distributed by | Ealing Studios |
| Release date(s) |  April 1941 |
| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Language | English |
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The Ghost of St. Michael’s is a 1941 British comedy-thriller film, produced by Ealing Studios.
[edit] Plot outline
Will Hay again stars as an ineffectual science teacher, William Lamb. Lamb is hired by a school recently transferred because of the war to the remote Dunbain Castle on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Posing as (amongst many other things) an Old Etonian Lamb settles down into his new surroundings and becomes acquainted with the various local Scottish traditions and legends that abound and strikes up a friendship with one of the other masters.
However, shortly after his arrival an ancient curse returns to Dunbain Castle. The sound of bagpipes signals the death of another member of staff. Three die and Lamb is initially regarded as a suspect. With his friend appointed as the new headmaster (and the next potential victim Lamb must solve the mystery of the mysterious murders,
Of course, being a war-time film, a Nazi spy ring is present and proves to be behind the killings, and is defeated at the end of the film by a British agent hidden amongst the staff.
In one of the most memorable scenes in the movie, Lamb is trapped inside a secret room with the ceiling slowly descending upon him.
[edit] Cast
- Will Hay - William Lamb
- Claude Hulbert - Hilary Teasdale
- Charles Hawtrey - Percy Thorne
- Raymond Huntley - Mr Humphries
- Felix Aylmer - Dr Winter
- Eliott Mason - Mrs Wigmore
- John Laurie - Jamie
- Hay Petrie - Procurator Fiscal
- Roddy Hughes - Amberley
