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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5 members

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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Strack

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Leigh Taylor-Young

Elizabeth Strack

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Joshua John Miller

Edgar Strack

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Juliet Sorci

Cindy Strack

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Pam Matteson

Miss Blasko

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