The Ghost Goes Gear

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The Ghost Goes Gear
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Directed byHugh Gladwish
Written by
  • Roger Dunton
  • Lionel Hoare
Produced by
  • Lionel Hoare
  • Harry Field
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byRonald Glenister
Music byJohn Shakespeare
Production
company
Distributed by Warner-Pathé Distributors
Release date
  • September 1966 (1966-09)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

The Ghost Goes Gear is a 1966 British second feature ('B') [1] musical comedy film directed by Hugh Gladwish and starring the Spencer Davis Group, Sheila White and Nicholas Parsons. [2] [3] [4] It was written by Roger Dunton and Lionel Hoare.

Contents

Plot

A music group go to stay at the childhood home of their manager, a haunted manor house in the English countryside.

Cast

Release

It was released in the UK as support to One Million Years B.C. [2]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Pared down for release to little more than half its original length, this musical farrago is an embarrassingly artless affair, dolled up with all kinds of camera trickery but uncomfortably reminiscent of the "quota quickie"." [5]

The Independent wrote: "The expression on Spencer Davis's face throughout the entire running time of TheGhostGoesGear (1966) is truly memorable. Forget L'Anne dernire Marienbad [sic] – any film featuring Nicholas Parsons, Stevie Winwood and a bequiffed folk-singing ghost is truly challenging the boundaries of cinema." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 228. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. 1 2 "The Ghost Goes Gear". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Ghost Goes Gear (1967)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Liebenson, Donald (27 April 2000). "Old English: Spencer Davis Group movie an unearthed relic of '60s Britpop" . Chicago Tribune . pp. D6. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Ghost Goes Gear". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 34 (396): 157. 1 January 1967. ProQuest   1305834685 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Andrew (5 April 2014). "How the fabs had Cliff on the run" . The Independent . p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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