The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer

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The Ghost Writer

1990

0h 27m

6.0(5 votes)

Comedy

Horror

TV Movie

Overview

Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence helps him to write again.

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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Strack

Anthony Perkins

Acting

Leigh Taylor-Young

Elizabeth Strack

Leigh Taylor-Young

Acting

Joshua John Miller

Edgar Strack

Joshua John Miller

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Juliet Sorci

Cindy Strack

Juliet Sorci

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Pam Matteson

Miss Blasko

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