Spooking with a Brogue

Spooking with a Brogue

1955 · 6 min · ★ 7.0 · Animation, Comedy

Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to Ireland, where he meets Billy, a young boy whose widowed mother is about to be evicted my a miserly landlord. Billy thinks Casper is a leprechaun and demands a crock of gold. Casper can only come up with gold-painted eggs, golden corn and gold fish. But when the landlord arrives and sees Casper, he runs away, and Casper gives the miser's gold to the boy.

Directed by Seymour Kneitel · Written by Isadore Klein

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