Film

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968 · 1h 46m · Comedy · Fantasy · Family

He's out'a sight...literally!

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Metacritic

71

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

Peter Ustinov

Captain Blackbeard

Dean Jones

Steve Walker

Suzanne Pleshette

Jo Anne Baker

Elsa Lanchester

Emily Stowecroft

Richard Deacon

Dean Wheaton

Joby Baker

Silky Seymour

Elliott Reid

TV Commentator

Norman Grabowski

Virgil

Kelly Thordsen

Motorcycle Officer

Michael Conrad

Pinetop Purvis

Herbie Faye

Croupier

George Murdock

Head Official

Hank Jones

Gudger Larkin

Ned Glass

Teller

Gil Lamb

Waiter

Alan Carney

Bartender

• Robert StevensonDirector
• Don DaGradiScreenplay
• Bill WalshProducer · Screenplay
• Ben StahlNovel
• Edward ColmanDirector of Photography
• Robert F. BrunnerOriginal Music Composer
• Robert StaffordEditor

Blackbeard's Ghost

Release date

February 8, 1968

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

G

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy, Family

• 

  All Through the Night

  1942

• 

  Transylmania

  2009

• 

  The Oasis

  2022

• 

  Endless

  2020

• 

  Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?

  2014

• 

  The Little Mermaid

  1989

• 

  The Witches

  1990

• 

  Shrek Forever After

  2010

• 

  4 Kings

  2014

• 

  Spirited Away: Live on Stage

  2023

• 

  Monsters Anonymous

  2016

• 

  Stick It

  2006