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Ghost Dad (1990)
Directed by Sidney Poitier
“He's been walking through doors. He's been falling through floors. He's been going through a lot lately, but he's still Dad.”
Comedy, Family, Fantasy · 1h 24m
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
Cast
Bill Cosby
Elliot Hopper
Kimberly Russell
Diane Hopper
Denise Nicholas
Joan
Ian Bannen
Sir Edith Moser
Christine Ebersole
Carol
Barry Corbin
Mr. Emery Collins
Salim Grant
Danny Hopper
B
Brooke Fontaine
Amanda Hopper
Dakin Matthews
Mr. Seymour
Dana Ashbrook
Tony Ricker
Omar Gooding
Stuart
Raynor Scheine
Curtis Burch (The Cabbie)
Crew
- Director
- Sidney Poitier
- Screenplay
- Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson, Phil Alden Robinson
- Director of Photography
- Andrew Laszlo
- Original Music Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Editor
- Pembroke J. Herring
- Producer
- Terence Nelson
Details
- Release date
- 1990-06-29
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- SAH Productions, Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $30,000,000
- Box office
- $25,421,633