Actors: John Gielgud, Ted Wass,
Andrea Marcovicci, Alyssa Milano, Jeff Harding
Directors: Paul Bogart
Writers: George Zateslo, Oscar Wilde
Producers: Irwin Meyer, Patrick Dromgoole, Peter Graham Scott, Rodney Sheldon
Format: Color, NTSC
Harry Canterville, who's spent most of his life in America, returns with his new
wife and daughter to take up his inheritance of Canterville Castle. They find
that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, Sir Simon de
Canterville, doomed to remain on the estate after the death of his wife, who
cursed him for the death of their daughter, which he caused by failing to
maintain a bridge.
Despite the eccentric relatives who will not enter the castle and the gloomy
predictions of Mr. and Mrs. Umney, Harry is determined to stay for at least
three months, after which he can take full possession and then sell the castle
to a property developer.
His daughter befriends the ghost and persuades him to meet her father. They
learn that Sir Simon can only escape when a little girl's tears persuade the
Angel of Death to release him. Despite the risks, she does so and Sir Simon is
released from the curse.