1968, Film: “Blackbeard's Ghost”

The American fantasy comedy film "Blackbeard's Ghost" is released on 8 February 1968 in the USA by Walt Disney Productions. The film, directed by Robert Stevenson, was written by Don DaGradi and Bill Walsh based on the novel with the same name by Ben Stahl from 1965. Main stars are Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette. The music was composed by Robert F. Brunner.

Synopsis

Steve Walker (Dean Jones) arrives at the Godolphin College to take the position of track coach. He lodges at the Blackbeard's Inn, run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers who claim to be descendants of the notorious pirate. The daughters are trying to pay off their mortgage to keep the inn from being bought by the local crime boss, Silky Seymour (Joby Baker), who wants to build a casino on the land...

Dean Jones as Steve Walker and Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard

Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard and Dean Jones as Steve Walker

Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker, Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard and
Dean Jones as Steve Walker

Main Cast

• Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard
• Dean Jones as Steve Walker
• Suzanne Pleshette as Jo Anne Baker
• Elsa Lanchester as Emily Stowecroft
• Joby Baker as Silky Seymour
• Elliott Reid as TV Commentator
• Richard Deacon as Dean Wheaton
• Norman Grabowski as Virgil
• Kelly Thordsen as Motorcycle Officer
• Michael Conrad as Pinetop Purvis
• Herbie Faye as Croupier

Peter Ustinov as Captain Blackbeard

Joby Baker as Silky Seymour

Trivia

1968 was the 250th Anniversary year of the death (in 1718) of the real-life Blackbeard the Pirate (aka Edward Thatch or Edward Teach)

Trailer "Blackbeard's Ghost" (1968)