Research scientist Edward Wiley moves his family to England for a research professorship. They take up at a magnificent country home (Knebworth House, eventually bought by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and still in the possession of his descendants), Daughter Neve Campbell hates it. Then she meets and makes friends with the ghost of a 16th century Canterville -- Sir Patrick Stewart, who seeks to pass beyond the veil of this world.
Although it's based on a short story by Oscar Wilde, it's been made into a movie several times, most notably with Charles Laughton as the cowardly ghost. This version is a far more serious one, about love and faith, but mostly giving Sir Patrick a chance to speak some Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean lines. With a cast that includes Joan Sims, Donald Sinden, and Leslie Phillips, it takes a while to get going, but in the end it is quite effective for its purpose.
Although it's based on a short story by Oscar Wilde, it's been made into a movie several times, most notably with Charles Laughton as the cowardly ghost. This version is a far more serious one, about love and faith, but mostly giving Sir Patrick a chance to speak some Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean lines. With a cast that includes Joan Sims, Donald Sinden, and Leslie Phillips, it takes a while to get going, but in the end it is quite effective for its purpose.