The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 · 79 min · ★ 5.7 · Romance, Comedy, Drama

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

Directed by Wilhelm Thiele · Written by Richard Maibaum

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