The Ghost Goes West

The Ghost Goes West
Directed byRené Clair
Screenplay byRobert E. Sherwood
(adaptation)
Geoffrey Kerr
(scenario)
Based onthe 1932 short story
"Sir Tristram Goes West"
by Eric Keown
Produced byAlexander Korda
StarringRobert Donat
Jean Parker
Eugene Pallette
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byHenry Cornelius
Harold Earle-Fishbacher
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 17 December 1935 (1935-12-17) (UK)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£158,039 (UK distributor)[1]

The Ghost Goes West is a 1935 British romantic comedy/fantasy film directed by René Clair and starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, and Eugene Pallette.[2] It was Clair's first English-language film. The story concerns an Old World ghost dealing with American materialism.

  1. ^ James Chapman ‘The Billings verdict’: Kine Weekly and the British Box Office, 1936–62' Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 20 Issue 2, Page 200-238, p 205
  2. ^ "The Ghost Goes West". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 March 2024.