A couple and their teenage son rent a haunted New England seaside house, and their summer vacation turns into a ghost-hunt.A couple and their teenage son rent a haunted New England seaside house, and their summer vacation turns into a ghost-hunt.A couple and their teenage son rent a haunted New England seaside house, and their summer vacation turns into a ghost-hunt.
William Castle
- Mr. Hymer
- (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
- Drug Store Owner
- (uncredited)
Harvey Lembeck
- Capt. Pederson
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe novel this movie was based on, "the Visitors" by Nathaniel Benchley, was published with art by Charles Addams, whose "Addams Family" comics were the basis for the TV series which made "Spirit is Willing" co-star John Astin a star. Furthermore, director William Castle previously worked directly with Addams, as the cartoonist provided drawings for Castle's 1963 film "The Old Dark House".
- GoofsWhen Ben is in the bathroom preparing to go to bed the first night, he walks out wearing slippers, when he enters the bedroom he is bare foot.
- Quotes
Ben Powell: Look, you can't afford a new car.
Steve Powell: But dad, neither can you but you drive one.
Ben Powell: I'm too poor to drive an old car.
- Crazy creditsThe people in this movie are fictitious. Only the ghosts are real.
- ConnectionsReferenced in All the Way Down (1968)
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Good memories
Certain movies can stick with you after years and years.
I've only seen "The Spirit is Willing" two or three times, probably most often on the CBS Late Night Movies. (That was way back in the Stone Age, when Carson was the only late-night talk show. I was probably in elementary or junior high school and would stay up way too late to watch the movies that started at 10:30 Central time. But enough about that.)
"The Spirit is Willing" was one of those silly, harmless comedies so fondly remembered. It had the hapless dad, the loving mother and the teenage son who was smarter than either, except when it came to the romance department.
What teenage boy wouldn't want to live in a house with a beautiful and sexy blonde ghost?! Oh, and of course, he had a beautiful blond girlfriend who looked just like the ghost!!
This is a movie the way they used to be made! Not hilarious, but definitely funny ... a guilty pleasure. (Now if only it would be re-released!)
I've only seen "The Spirit is Willing" two or three times, probably most often on the CBS Late Night Movies. (That was way back in the Stone Age, when Carson was the only late-night talk show. I was probably in elementary or junior high school and would stay up way too late to watch the movies that started at 10:30 Central time. But enough about that.)
"The Spirit is Willing" was one of those silly, harmless comedies so fondly remembered. It had the hapless dad, the loving mother and the teenage son who was smarter than either, except when it came to the romance department.
What teenage boy wouldn't want to live in a house with a beautiful and sexy blonde ghost?! Oh, and of course, he had a beautiful blond girlfriend who looked just like the ghost!!
This is a movie the way they used to be made! Not hilarious, but definitely funny ... a guilty pleasure. (Now if only it would be re-released!)
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- tampasaint
- Jul 25, 2001
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was The Spirit Is Willing (1967) officially released in Canada in English?
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