The Happy Ghost (1941 film)

The Happy Ghost
Directed by Amleto Palermi
Written by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Pier Luigi Faraldo
Ettore Maria Margadonna
Amleto Palermi
Pietro Solari
Starring Totò
Luigi Pavese
Franco Coop
Cinematography Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by Giacinto Solito
Music by Dan Caslar
Production
companies
Fono Roma
Produzione Capitani Film
Distributed by ENIC
Release date
 16 March 1941
Running time
 67 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

The Happy Ghost (Italian: L'allegro fantasma) is a 1941 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Totò, Luigi Pavese and Franco Coop.

It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film's art direction was by Gastone Medin.

Plot

The noble Pantaleo Santa Paola dies suddenly, without writing a will. Immediately in the villa go his three grandchildren and three other relatives. All claim family assets, and at the end of the story reaches the poor Nicolino, who is also the nephew of Pantaleo. The Pantaleo ghost appears while the dispute rages and declares his true heir.

Cast