Blackbeard's Ghost

This was always a favorite camp comedy from back in my childhood, as it would air on networks like The Disney Channel and others. The disc comes with closed captions, and is shown in a 4:3 aspect ratio.The film is a bit confused with the number of villains, unable to decide if the baddy is the football coach or the gambling kingpin Silky Seymour. The coach is dating Suzanne Pleshette's character of Jo Anne, who is the love interest for Dean Jones as Steve Walker.Pleshette and Jones were kind of the every couple for Disney in a few films, as I recall.Anyway, a point of confusion for some critics is why Seymour wants the island that the inn stands on if he already has gambling dens in town. My guess is that he keeps them underground and could be shut down, but since the island is in disputed property, it acts as a haven for building a casino.As it is, this film is a treasure trove for wonderful character actors, from Elsa Lanchester (The Bride of Frankenstein) and Richard Deacon, better known for roles on television.Old Lady #1 is played by former silent film star Betty Bronson, who passed not long after this film came out.A similar fate awaited Old Lady #2, played by Elsie Baker, who got her start in Vaudeville and worked later in silent films, radio, and TV.The film itself is full of family-friendly madcap antics with fun special effects that still hold up today as the ghost makes bottles of rum float off and seems to have motorcycles driving themselves. This is a great movie to pull out around Halloween or Talk Like A Pirate Day, as the chemistry between Ustinov & Jones is magnificent, and Jones does wonderful pantomime when he is supposed to play opposite the invisible ghost of Blackbeard. The film has a great resolution and fuels the imagination to want to find out more about the real life pirates of yore. So if you or your little scallywags like to watch comedies and pirate films, this remains a classic to get out whenever you like.

This is an old Disney movie filled with lots of laughs. Great family entertainment. Get ready to laugh a lot.

Walt had the touch the new Disney don't. A fun happy movie. Only thing I wish is it could be in wide screen

I like it as well.

3-1/2 stars for the movie and 1/2 star for the DVD. 'Blackbeard's Ghost' is a rare Disney film from the late 60's geared more towards an adult audience. That being said, it is still a movie that can be enjoyed by kids as well. It is a movie that is part of my Halloween family film rotation along with 'Hocus Pocus', 'Monster House', 'Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'Casper' among others.The story is simple - a new college track coach (played by 60's/70's Disney favorite Dean Jones) arrives in the town of Goldolphin, a sleepy Atlantic coastal village famous (in the film) for being settled by Blackbeard the pirate shortly before he was killed off the coast in sea battle. In short order and by an odd set of circumstances, the Coach becomes haunted by the ghost of Blackbeard (played marvelously by Peter Ustinov), who was cursed in life by his fifth wife Aldetha who was a witch, and is doomed to languish in limbo until such a time that he exhibits an act of true and unsolicited "goodness" which would free him from his curse and reunite him with his ghostly crew in the afterlife. What ensues is standard Disney comedy fare from that era. Where the movie really excels however is how the love/hate relationship between the two main stars. It is the Odd Couple with a ghost. A great film with a solid story and great ambiance and atmosphere.Now, the DVD transfer is probably the worst I've ever seen (I'm not kidding, it's downright awful). I once owned this on VHS and I swear it looked better on tape than it does on this DVD. Disney gets a huge fail on this release. Definitely a slap to the face of everyone involved in this film. Now I'm not expecting a full AFI-level restoration here, but that being said, clean up the source material a little bit. It almost seems as if they transferred it from an old, gritty master tape and burned it to a DVD-R. Not what I was expecting from Disney who are usually pretty good about this sort of thing.

A Disney classic. A older Disney movie starring Dean Jones. He played in a lot of Disney movies. Thismovie is about the pirate Blackbeard that shows up as a ghost that only Dean Jones is able to at first.Blackbeard wants to save his tavern from destruction and uses Dean Jones to help him. Added this tomy Disney collection.

My kids and I recently discovered this movie on Disney+ and it made us laugh so much, we had to buy a DVD copy for our collection so we can take it with us on vacations. It is absolutely marvelous!

Big fan of Classic Disney over the new. Loved this movie

Me gusto la pelicula me recordo mis años de niño, súper la recomiendo mucho

Llevaba años detrás de este título y no lo encontraba . Perfecta , versión en español original . Súper divertida .

Disney family entertainment hit is middling stride with a series of B-budgeted live-action releases starring Dean Jones. Today, they're best regarded for their quaint charm and use of a lot of one-time A-list talent, given to playing out simple, nimble-minded stories that don't strain the mind, and intermittently warm the heart. Disney Inc.'s executive decision to release its live action catalog via their own limited edition archive is a colossal mistake. Although the transfers are superb and solid, these discs come with NO extra features and cost a small fortune for anyone who does not belong to their Disney Club. Aside: you can only be a member if you reside in the U.S. So, Canucks like myself pay a premium to third-party vendors to get our 'family fix' which, I am fairly certain, would not be the case if Walt were alive today. It's rather disheartening, the trickle of memorable Disney live action catalog that is still MIA on Blu-ray, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, That Darn Cat, The Happiest Millionaire, Song of the South, and, The North Avenue Irregulars - to name a handful. Blackbeard's Ghost may not be top-tier Disney, but the performances are good, the script serviceable and the quality of this 1080p hi-def transfer immaculate. So, if you do buy you are getting quality - minus any investment on Disney Inc.'s part to pad out your enjoyment with extra features. For shame! Badly done. And stingy to boot.

I saw this Disney classic the first time when I was very young and till the time I grew up, "Blackbeard's Ghost" became one of the favourite and most watched video tapes in our family. It's always combined with a mixed feeling when you get the chance to relive moments of the past and to buy and watch older movies which you loved liked anything a long time ago. I always fear that "the magical touch", the special humour or the story's singularity, got somehow lost over all the years... but not with this movie!I watched this with my wife and daughter, both of them not closely acquainted with these Disney classics or with Peter Ustinov movies... and we all had a blast and lot of fun. The excellent acting - for me one of Ustinov's finest performances as badly behaving, undead pirate - and the funny and direct storytelling completely make up for the fact, that this movie is more than 40 years old... which makes it a comedy classic in the end.Highly recommened for the whole family (well, 6+ maybe -) and for everyone who likes strong humour - and who remembers Blackbeard's hilarious manipulations of the athletic competitition in his desperate conquest for redemption.

Precintada, antes de la fecha, en perfecto estado vendedor inmejorable 100% recomendable