When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She campaigns to go back home, and her dad, believing the ghost's pranks are Ginny's, is ready to send her back. But then Ginny actually meets the elusive 17th-century Sir Simon de Canterville (not to mention the cute teenaged duke next door), and she sets her hand to the task of freeing Sir Simon from his curse.
Editor's Verdict
"The provided plot summary for the 1996 TV movie adaptation of 'The Canterville Ghost' focuses entirely on the historical haunting, the family moving, and freeing the ghost. There is no mention of the Christmas season, plot points dependent on Christmas, or explicit Christmas themes, placing this firmly outside the typical Christmas movie designation."
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Cast & Crew
Patrick Stewart
Sir Simon de Canterville
Neve Campbell
Virginia 'Ginny' Otis
Joan Sims
Mrs. Umney
Donald Sinden
Mr. Umney
Cherie Lunghi
Lucille Otis
Leslie Phillips
George, Lord Canterville
Daniel Betts
Francis, Duke of Cheshire
Edward Wiley
Hiram Otis
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Adam Otis
Raymond Pickard
Washington Otis
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