Main Cast: Richard Greene, David Horne, Patricia Medina, Alfred Drayton, Joan Hickson
Release Year: 1944
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Don't Take It to Heart is an amiable entry in the 1940s cycle of "ghost comedies". A British castle is rocked by a German bombing raid, releasing a jaunty wraith (Richard Greene) from his house-haunting job. As long as he's got the run of the castle, the ghost decides to take a hand in the romance between mistress-of-the-house Patricia Medina and young researcher Richard Bird. Also in line for ghostly visitation is the nasty landlord who holds the local townsfolk in his avaricious clutches. Don't Take It to Heart received almost uniformly good reviews from the British press, which during wartime was often resistant to comedy films. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Richard Bird - Ghost Arthur; Wylie Watson - Harry Bucket; Claude Dampier - Loopy; Edward Rigby - Butler; Brefni O'Rourke - Lord Chaunduyt; Patric Curwen - Mr. Smith; Margaret Withers - Mrs. Smith; Moore Marriott - Granfer; Joyce Barbour - Harriet; Ronald Squire - Music Lover; Ernst Thesiger - Justices' Clerk; Claude Bailey - Magistrate; Ivor Barnard - Bus-Driver; Esma Cannon - Maid; Harry Fowler - Telegraph Boy; Ernest Jay - Tripp, Reporter; Edie Martin - Postmistress; George Merritt - Landlord; John Salew - Dr. Rose, witness; John Turnbull - Police Sergeant; Amy Veness - Cook; Peter Cotes - Patterson, Junior Counsel; Arthur Hambling - Railway Porter; George Bailey
Credit
Alexander Vetchinsky - Art Director, Jeffrey Dell - Director, Frederick Wilson - Editor, Mischa Spoliansky - Composer (Music Score), Eric Cross - Cinematographer, Sydney Box - Producer, George Blackwell - Special Effects, Stan Jolly - Sound/Sound Designer, George Burgess - Sound/Sound Designer, Jeffrey Dell - Screenwriter
