Blackbeard's Ghost is a live-action 1968 Disney film starring Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette. It is based upon the novel of the same name written by Ben Stahl. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the theme park in France, see Walt Disney Studios Park The Seven Dwarves Building at the Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California serves as the international headquarters for media conglemorate The Walt Disney Company. ... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE, KBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning British actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American actor. ... Pleshette in 1991 Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31, 1937 in New York City) is an American actress, best known as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show in the 70s. ... Ben Stahl (1910-1987) was an American artist, illustrator and author. ...

Plot

The film depicts struggling track coach Steve Walker, who has recently been hired on in an attempt to salvage the skill-less track team of Godolphin College. With the pivotal track meet only a few weeks removed from the present time, Walker shows little hope of developing the seemingly worthless team. This article is about the measurement concept. ... For other uses, see Hope (disambiguation). ...

After a chance encounter with a scrap of paper containing the spells of Captain Blackbeard's tenth wife Aldetha (a well-known witch), Walker conjures up the ghost of Blackbeard himself (Ustinov), a socially-inappropriate drunkard whose contempt for humanity has damned him to an existence in limbo, unless he can perform some good deed that may break the curse. For other uses, see Paper (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ten can refer to: 10, a number AD 10, a year 10 BC, a year 10, a 1979 motion picture Ten, any one of a number of rock albums Network Ten, an Australian television network Trans-European Networks (TEN) Total Entertainment Network, an early-1990s attempt at an online server... For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ustinov is a Russian surname describing the following: Peter Ustinov, born Peter Alexander von Ustinow, actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur. ... Humanity refers to the human race or mankind as a whole, to that which is characteristically human, or to that which distinguishes human beings from other animals or from other animal species primal nature. ... This article is about the theological concept. ...

The two are bound to one another by the power of the spell; thus Steve must deal with the antics of the wayward pirate while attempting a romantic relationship with an attractive Godolphin professor, Jo Anne Baker, (Pleshette); reviving Godolphin's track team; and thwarting the greedy exploits of local crime boss Silky Seymour, who wishes to seize the hotel at which Steve Walker received Aldetha's writings. This proves very difficult, as only Steve Walker is able to see or hear Blackbeard's ghost. Ultimately, Silky Seymour is humiliatingly and finally trounced, leaving Steve Walker, the Godolphin track team, and Jo Anne Baker to fulfill their respective desires. Having revealed Blackbeard to his hero-worshipping descendants, the innkeepers who are Steve Walker's hosts, Steve Walker abets his departure to the afterlife. There, Blackbeard joins his former crews. For other uses, see Afterlife (disambiguation). ...

The most enjoyable aspect of the film, by some accounts, is a rare glimpse at the diversity of which Peter Ustinov is capable. Usually cited for his brilliant work in various Shakespeare interpretations, Ustinov displays his comedic prowess, both in the slapstick and intellectual comedy realms.

Plot Similarity

The plot resembles the later Hindi film Chamatkar (1992), in that each film involves a criminal who has become a ghost and must redeem himself in order to fully die; a hapless protagonist who is the only person able to see or hear the ghost; a beautiful woman who courts or is courted by the protagonist; and much quarrelling between the ghost and the protagonist. At several points in both films, the ghost invisibly abets the progress of a sports team or thrashes local bullies. At one point in each film, the ghost and protagonist's most passionate and painful argument occurs when the ghost's bet on the success of an endeavour offends the protagonist's sensibilities. Chamatkar (Translation: Miracle) is a Hindi movie which was directed by Rajiv Mehra and released in India on 1992. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... Point can refer to: Look up Point in Wiktionary, the free dictionary // Mathematics In mathematics: Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space but no extent Fixed point (mathematics), a point that is mapped to itself by a mathematical function Point at infinity Point group Point charge, an...

Cast

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE, KBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning British actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American actor. ... Pleshette in 1991 Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31, 1937 in New York City) is an American actress, best known as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show in the 70s. ... Lanchester in Naughty Marietta Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, California) was an Oscar-nominated English character actress who became a naturalized American citizen in 1950 along with her husband, actor Charles Laughton. ... For the fictional character on the TV show Scrubs, see Elliot Reid Elliott Reid (born January 16, 1920), is a character actor. ... Richard Deacon (May 14, 1921 - August 8, 1984), born in Philadelphia, was a television and motion picture actor. ... Norman Woo Woo Grabowski is an American actor and custom car designer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the first mayor of Calgary, Alberta, see George Murdoch George Peter Murdock (May 11, 1897 - March 29, 1985) was a notable anthropologist. ... Born July 31, 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Hank Jones grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, and Art Tatum. ... Alan Carney (Born David Boughal) (born December 22, 1909 in Brooklyn, New York; died May 2, 1973 in Van Nuys, California) was an American actor and comedian. ... This article may not give enough verifiable information about the subject, or may not sufficiently explain its importance. ... Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill, 1964 Charlie Brill is an American actor. ...

External link

• Blackbeard's Ghost at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackbeard's Ghost at UltimateDisney.com