as Peggy Martin Eugene Pallette as Mr. Martin Elsa Lanchester as Miss Shepperton Ralph Bunker as Ed Bigelow Patricia Hilliard as Shepherdess Everley Gregg as Mrs. Martin Morton Selten as The Glourie Chili Bouchier as Cleopatra Mark Daly as Murdoch's Groom Herbert Lomas as Fergus Elliott Mason as Mrs. MacNiff Hay Petrie as The McLaggen Quentin McPhearson as Mackaye Background The film is an adaptation of Eric Keown's short story "Sir Tristam Goes West", and was written by Robert E. Sherwood and Geoffrey Kerr, though Clair and Lajos Biro have been alleged by contemporary sources to have done uncredited writing on the screenplay. This was the first of two films Clair made in England following a deal he made with producer Alexander Korda, the other being his 1938 film Break the News. Critical response Writing for The Spectator in 1935, Graham Greene praised the film. He wrote of how the "camera sense" of René Clair manifested itself in the film's "feeling of mobility, of visual freedom" and highlighted Clair's directorial genius. Greene also praised the acting of Pallette and Donat, describing Pallette's portrayal of an American millionaire as the finest performance of his career, and Donat's acting style as imbued with "invincible naturalness". The Monthly Film Bulletin gave a mixed review: "If the continuity of the film appears in places rather thin, the satire occasionally a trifle obvious, and the humour sometimes a little mechanical, there are, nevertheless, some very good moments". The Ghost Goes West was the 13th most popular film at the British box office in 1935–36. The film was voted the best British movie of 1936 by readers of Film Weekly magazine. Both the original treatment and the cutting continuity of the finished film were published in Successful Film Writing as Illustrated by 'the Ghost Goes West' by Seton Margrave. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1936. See also List of ghost films Ballavpurer Roopkotha References External links The Ghost Goes West on Screen Guild Theater: 21 August 1944 1935 films 1935 romantic comedy films 1930s historical comedy films 1930s fantasy comedy films 1930s ghost films British romantic comedy films British fantasy comedy films British black-and-white films British ghost films Films set in castles Films set in Scotland Films set in Florida Films set in the 18th century Films set in the 1930s London Films films Films directed by René Clair Films produced by Alexander Korda British historical