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Ghost Dad
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5.1Elliot 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.
Released: 1990-06-2984 minDir: Sidney PoitierComedy, Family, FantasyBudget: $30.0MBox office: $25.4M
Cast
- Bill Cosby as Elliot Hopper
- Kimberly Russell as Diane Hopper
- Denise Nicholas as Joan
- Ian Bannen as Sir Edith Moser
- Christine Ebersole as Carol
- Barry Corbin as Mr. Emery Collins
Themes
- daughter
- parent child relationship
- loss of loved one
- satan
- fatherhood
- ghost
- father son relationship
- father daughter relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
4.4/10
8,638 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
6%
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sidney Poitier
- Screenwriter
- S. S. Wilson
- Cast member
- Raynor Scheine
- Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Cinematographer
- Andrew Laszlo
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 832484
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-01-01
- title
- Ghost Dad
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Henry Bumstead
- review score
- 3.3/10
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