Ghost Dad [1990]

Director:	Sidney Poitier
Writer:	Brent Maddock Chris Reese S.S. Wilson
Composer:	Henry Mancini

Length:	83 minutes (1 hour 23 minutes)
MPAA Rating:	PG
Sorting Category:	Comedy

IMDB Rating:	4.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:	5%
Amazon Rating:	3.5/5 stars
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Comedy
Fantasy
Family

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Collection:	4 Movie Marathon: Family Comedy Collection
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Synopsis: Elliot Hopper gets into a cab driven by a maniac and the next thing he knows he is floating around and finds himself in the lab of a scientist who studies paranormal. Elliot asks the scientist to send him back so that he could finish the deal and make sure that his children are taken cared of.

Reaction: A bit bland at times, but enjoyable.

Personal Rating: 6/10

Select Cast and Crew

Sidney Poitier	=>	Director

Brent Maddock	=>	Writer
Chris Reese	=>	Writer
S.S. Wilson	=>	Writer
Henry Mancini	=>	Composer

Arnold Stang	=>	Mr. Cohen, elderly patient
Barry Corbin	=>	Mr. Emery Collins
Bill Cosby	=>	Elliot Hopper

Brian Stokes Mitchell	=>	Teacher (as Brian Mitchell)
Brooke Fontaine	=>	Amanda Hopper
Christine Ebersole	=>	Carol

Cyndi James Gossett	=>	E.R. Doctor
Dakin Matthews	=>	Mr. Seymour

Dana Ashbrook	=>	Tony Ricker
Denise Nicholas	=>	Joan
Donzaleigh Abernathy	=>	E.R. Nurse
Eric Menyuk	=>	Clinic Doctor

George Ganz	=>	Mr. Nero
Ian Bannen	=>	Sir Edith Moser
Jonathan Brandis	=>	Additional Voices ^(voice)

Kimberly Russell	=>	Diane Hopper
Lisa Mene Nemacheck	=>	Jonelle
Omar Gooding	=>	Stuart
Raynor Scheine	=>	Curtis Burch, the Cabbie

Salim Grant	=>	Danny Hopper

Random Trivia For This Title:

Kim Basinger reportedly turned down the role of Carol, because she claimed it "horrible".