| Ghost Story | |
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| Directed by | John Irvin |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence D. Cohen |
| Based on | Ghost Story by Peter Straub |
| Produced by | Burt Weissbourd |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Tom Rolf |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $23.4 million[2] |
Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin and starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige. Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Straub, it follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him.
Ghost Story was the final film for Astaire and Fairbanks, the final completed film for Douglas and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont; Saratoga Springs, New York; and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Ghost Story was released in the United States on December 18, 1981.