The Headless Ghost (1959)

Director
Peter Graham Scott

Main cast
Clive Revill; Richard Lyon; Liliane Sottane; Jack Allen; Alexander Archdale

Genres
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Description
Three teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their bit to help him find it.


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