“Who better to solve England's most puzzling mystery than these two international crime busters?”
The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate the wacky house and its inhabitants.
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Cast
14 people
Don Knotts
Inspector Winship
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Lang Elliott Director · Tim Conway Writer John Myhers Writer
Worldwide gross $18M · Budget $2.3M · United States release April 17, 1980
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Budget
$2,300,000
Worldwide gross
$18,014,000
Gross vs. budget
7.8×
Production
TriStar Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · April 17, 1980
Theatrical
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