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.
Directed by Robert Stevenson
witch
gambling
american football coach
auction
coach
pirate
new england
ghost
seaside town
blackbeard
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Peter Ustinov
Captain Blackbeard
Dean Jones
Steve Walker
Suzanne Pleshette
Jo Anne Baker
Elsa Lanchester
Emily Stowecroft
Richard Deacon
Dean Wheaton
Joby Baker
Silky Seymour
Elliott Reid
TV Commentator
Norman Grabowski
Virgil
Kelly Thordsen
Motorcycle Officer
Michael Conrad
Pinetop Purvis
Herbie Faye
Croupier
George Murdock
Head Official
Crew
Robert Stevenson
Director
Bill Walsh
Screenplay
Don DaGradi
Screenplay
Bill Walsh
Producer
Dick Warlock
Stunts
Popular Reviews
19 reviews
Will Steffens
10.0★ · 03/21/26
i liked the part where blackbeard was at the track meet and threw the guy over the pole vault
i liked the part where blackbeard was at the track meet and threw the guy over the pole vault
Autumn George
6.0★ · 07/14/25
And the moral of the story is, it's alright to cheat if you have a good cause.
And the moral of the story is, it's alright to cheat if you have a good cause.
