The Ghost of St Michaels
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Language English | 7.2/10 Genre Comedy Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 1941 Genres Comedy, Thriller, Mystery, Black-and-white Cast (Will Lamb), (Hilary Tisdaile), (Dr Winter), (Mr Humphries), Charles Mortimer (Sir Ambrose), Charles Hawtrey (Percy Thorne)Similar movies Related Marcel Varnel movies |
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The Ghost of St. Michael’s is a 1941 British comedy-thriller film, produced by Ealing Studios.
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Hay dropped work with Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott in his previous film, Where's That Fire? and brought in Claude Hulbert as his sidekick in this film. Hay and Hulbert would act together again in My Learned Friend two years later.
Plot
An ineffectual science teacher William Lamb (Will Hay) is hired by a school recently transferred because of World War II to the remote Dunbain Castle on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Posing as (amongst many other things) an Old Etonian, Lamb settles down into his new surroundings and becomes acquainted with the various local Scottish traditions and legends that abound and strikes up a friendship with one of the other masters, Hilary Teasdale (Claude Hulbert).
However, shortly after his arrival an ancient curse returns to Dunbain Castle. The sound of bagpipes signals the death of a member of staff. Two die and Lamb is initially regarded as a suspect. With his friend appointed as the new headmaster (and the next potential victim), Lamb must solve the mystery of the mysterious murders with the assistance of mischievous know-all schoolboy Percy Thorne (Charles Hawtrey). A Nazi spy ring proves to be behind the killings, and is defeated by a British agent hidden amongst the staff.
In one of the more memorable scenes Lamb is trapped inside a secret room with the ceiling slowly descending upon him.
At the very end of the film Hay can be heard calling the character Teasdale "Claude", the actor's real name. This may have been intentional as Hay had just told the cinema audience that it was "all clear" and that they could all go home. Note that Charles Hawtrey was 26 years old when he portrayed Percy Thorne.
References
The Ghost of St. Michael's WikipediaThe Ghost of St. Michaels IMDb The Ghost of St. Michaels themoviedb.org