Movie: The Ghost Comes Home

Top 10 Billed Cast

Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan

Vernon 'Vern' Adams

Billie Burke
Billie Burke

Cora Adams

Ann Rutherford
Ann Rutherford

Billie Adams

John Shelton
John Shelton

Lanny Shea

Reginald Owen
Reginald Owen

Hemingway

Donald Meek
Donald Meek

Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.

Don Castle
Don Castle

Spigley 'Spig', a Band Member

Nat Pendleton
Nat Pendleton

Roscoe

Frank Albertson
Frank Albertson

Ernest

Harold Huber
Harold Huber

Tony

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    Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

  • Release Date

    1940-03-08

  • Average

    5.667

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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