''The Ghost Goes Gear'' is a 1966 British

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directed by Hugh Gladwish and starring the

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, Sheila White and

Nicholas Parsons Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show '' Just a Minute'' and hosted the game show '' ...

Plot

A music group go to stay at the childhood home of their manager, a haunted

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in the English countryside.

Cast

as Themselves *

as Algernon Rowthorpe Plumley * Sheila White as Polly * Lorne Gibson as Ghost / Himself * Arthur Howard as Vicar * Jack Haig as Old Edwards * Joan Ingram as Lady Rowthorpe *

Tony Sympson Tony Sympson (10 July 1906 – 30 March 1983) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''The Indiscretions of Eve'' (1932) - Pip * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) - Tinker * '' Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' (1935) - ...

as Lord Plumley * Emmett Hennessy as Butch * Robert Langley as Little Boy * Bernard Stone as Cockney Dad * Janet Davies as Cockney Wife * Huw Thomas as News presenter *

St. Louis Union St. Louis Union were a short-lived mid-1960s English freakbeat rock band from Manchester who formed part of the mod rock scene. They were formed by singer Tony Cassidy, guitarist Keith Millar, tenor saxophone/flute player Alex Kirby (born 6 January ...

as Themselves * The Three Bells as Themselves * Dave Berry as Himself * Acker Bilk as Himself

References

External links

* 1966 films 1966 musical comedy films British haunted house films British musical comedy films Films set in England 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{musical-comedy-film-stub