The Ghost Comes Home(1940)03/08/1940 (US)Romance, Comedy, Drama1h 19m5.0ShareOverviewComic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.Wilhelm ThieleDirectorRichard MaibaumScreenplayHarry RuskinScreenplayTop Billed CastFrank MorganVernon 'Vern' AdamsBillie BurkeCora AdamsAnn RutherfordBillie AdamsJohn SheltonLanny SheaReginald OwenHemingwayDonald MeekMortimer Hopkins, Sr.Don CastleSpigley 'Spig', a Band MemberNat PendletonRoscoeFrank AlbertsonErnestHarold HuberTonyHobart CavanaughAmbrose BundyAnn MorrissMyraTom RutherfordMortimer Hopkins, Jr.Renie RianoSarah OsbornRichard CarleJohn Reed ThomasKing BaggotTownsman at Banquet (uncredited)William A. BoardwayTownsman at Banquet (uncredited)BuckDog in Pet Shop (uncredited)Maurice CostelloTownsman at Banquet (uncredited)Jules CowlesTownsman on Street (uncredited)Popularity TrendLast 30 DaysThis chart shows the popularity trend over the past 30 days.MediaVideos (0)Backdrops (1)Posters (2)Recommendations67%Twitches Too55%Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill57%When a Stranger Calls76%Avatar54%The Next Karate Kid79%Inside Out70%Secret Magic Control Agency67%The Amazing Spider-Man77%Batman Begins80%Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban66%Halloween83%Back to the Future63%The Karate Kid Part II81%Joker74%Life of Pi79%Coraline84%The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring78%The Perks of Being a Wallflower60%The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes67%The Little Mermaid: Ariel's BeginningPrevious slideNext slideSimilar Movies76%Cat on a Hot Tin Roof76%Gattaca59%Adoration0%Broadway Gold64%I Love You Phillip Morris74%Sense and Sensibility78%The Last Laugh65%MouseHunt45%Ein Sommer in Südfrankreich35%Sohn ohne Heimat0%Eine Frau, die weiß was sie will40%Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 272%Küss mich, wenn es Liebe ist68%Family Plot67%Elvira: Mistress of the Dark54%A Little Trip to Heaven51%The Whoopee Boys67%Owning Mahowny68%Hold That Ghost65%The Ghost BreakersPrevious slideNext slide