this be another film i miss out on italian tv a a kid represent notable for it quintet of age star and most of whom have never make a horror film in their life ( fred astaire and melvyn douglas and douglas fairbanks jr. and john houseman and patricia neal ) and it deal with the men ’ s long conceal past crime come back to haunt them . it take the form of a ghostly dead ringer for the girl they all love ( alice krige ) but whom they be force to dispose of after an unfortunate incident when she humiliate their ego . fairbanks and who be the one responsible for the deed and have twin son ( craig wasson ) and so krige direct her revenge upon them as well . soon one of the latter and fairbanks himself and even douglas and houseman all wind up dead . therefore and the remain wasson and astaire decide to confront the ghost at the scene of the crime where they also have to contend with a couple of sinister tramp who somehow do krige ’ s bidding . i be look forward to see these veteran on their last leg ( douglas die before the film have even premier though and by that time and he have already complete another role and while it prove astaire ’ s own inauspicious swan song ) but ghost story go through too many change of mood – while maintain a sluggish pace throughout and emerge overlong into the bargain – to be anything but a failed curio . have dollop of sex ( include full frontal nudity from wasson . ) and gruesome make up effect muddle the water all the more and mar the old fashioned elegance inherent in jack cardiff ’ s ( another notable of long standing ) cinematography .