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.
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Cast
- Peter UstinovCaptain Blackbeard
- Dean JonesSteve Walker
- Suzanne PleshetteJo Anne Baker
- Elsa LanchesterEmily Stowecroft
- Richard DeaconDean Wheaton
- Stefanie PowersMarian Sheeta
- Joby BakerSilky Seymour
- Elliott ReidTV Commentator
- Norman GrabowskiVirgil
- Kelly ThordsenMotorcycle Officer
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
The whole thing, by the way, shines in nifty color. But the real appeal of such wholesomeness is the brisk, unsugary serving, under Robert Stevenson's trim direction, and the consistently adroit humor, which sidesteps slapstick. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The plot is completely confused, and kids, who are much better at these things than adults, will enjoy its twists and turns. Ustinov is fine as the rum swilling, yo-ho-hoing Blackbeard, and there are several good scenes as he invisibly meddles with the big track meet. Jones and Miss Pleshette are amusing without being insufferably sweet. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
It's all good fun, and Ustinov is very amusing as Blackbeard. - 70
Variety
Blackbeard's Ghost, a lively and entertaining Walt Disney production, features Peter Ustinov in a tour de farce title role as the restless spirit of the famed pirate. Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette share top billing. Robert Stevenson's direction is highlighted by several very amusing chase and special effects sequences. - 50
Time Out
A typically larky Disney film, heavily over-directed and under-written.
