Blackbeard's Ghost
He's out'a sight...literally!
1968 • 106 min • Comedy · Fantasy · Family
Synopsis
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 67 Audience · 160 · 49%
A friendly ghost pirate returns to help save a group home from greedy developers. An American football coach finds himself helping the ghost and the elderly residents protect their seaside town and community.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Some slapstick violence
- A mild ghostly figure
- Mentions of gambling and a crooked casino
What it models well
- Helping others
- Community spirit
- Standing up for what's right
- Friendship
Talk about it after
- Believing in the unseen
- The definition of a hero
- Gambling and its consequences
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Top billed cast
Director: Robert Stevenson • Crew: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
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Blackbeard's Ghost
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersDean Jones ("Steve Walker") arrives at Godolphin College to take charge of their pretty shocking track team. They put him up at "Blackbeard's Inn" where he encounters the Daughters of The Buccaneers - allegedly descendants of "Blackbeard" and his crew.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIs this good or bad? I'm genuinely not even sure, but it's hard to doubt that it does suitably entertain. It constantly hops between cringe/chucklesome and overacted/finely acted. The plot is mindless and impossible to take seriously, though the shenanigans that occur are mostly amusing. It would be a lot worse off without the likeable leads, that's for certain.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.7/10 (160)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0062737