Cast & crew
Ghost Story (1981)
Directed by John Irvin Written by Lawrence D. Cohen
Cast
| Fred Astaire | Ricky Hawthorne |
| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Edward Wanderley |
| John Houseman | Sears James |
| Craig Wasson | Don / David |
| Patricia Neal | Stella |
| Alice Krige | Eva / Alma |
| Jacqueline Brookes | Milly |
| Melvyn Douglas | John Jaffrey |
| Lance Holcomb | Fenny Bate |
| Mark Chamberlin | Young John Jaffrey |
| Kurt Johnson | Young Edward Wanderley |
| Miguel Fernandes | Gregory Bate |
| Tim Choate | Young Ricky Hawthorne |
| Ken Olin | Young Sears James |
| Brad Sullivan | Sheriff Hardesty |
| Michael O'Neill | Churchill |
| Guy Boyd | Omar Norris |
| Robert Burr | Principal |
| Breon Gorman | Nettie Dedham |
| Helena Carroll | Mrs. Meredith |
| Robin Curtis | Rea Dedham |
| Ruth Hunt | Florence |
| Virginia Bingham | Sears' Mother |
| William F. Conway | Sears' Father |
| James Greene | Mailman |
| Deborah Offner | Helen |
| Russell R. Bletzer | Reverend Wilkinson |
| Terrance Mario Carnes | Waiter |
| Alfred Curven | Man in Coffin |
| Edward F. Dillon | Judge |
| Alvin W. Fretz | Coroner |
| Hugh Hires | Student Solt |
| Raymond J. Quinn | Ricky's Father |
| Barbara von Zastrow | Ricky's Mother |
| Betty Low | Irmengard (uncredited) |
| Mason Cardiff | Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| Gale Grindle | Student (uncredited) |
Crew
| John Irvin | Director |
| Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Jack Cardiff | Director of Photography |
| Norman Newberry | Production Design |
| Lawrence D. Cohen | Screenplay |
| Burt Weissbourd | Producer |
| Peter Straub | Novel |
| Ronald G. Smith | Associate Producer |
| Norman Newberry | Art Direction |
| Douglas Green | Co-Producer |
| Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Rick Baker | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Robert Latham Brown | Production Manager |
| Mary Ann Biddle | Set Decoration |
| Rick Sharp | Makeup Artist |
| Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist |
| William Apperson | Construction Foreman |
| Dan Kolsrud | First Assistant Director |
| Allan Bromberg | Assistant Sound Editor |
| May Routh | Costume Design |
| Irving Buchman | Makeup Artist |
| Philippe Sarde | Original Music Composer |
| James R. Alexander | Sound |
| Carl Fullerton | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Dean Lyras | Second Assistant Director |
| Albert Jeyte | Makeup Artist |
| Larry Carow | Sound Effects Editor |
| James Allen | Assistant Decorator |
| Ronald G. Smith | Production Manager |
| John Zemansky | Property Master |
| Philip Leto | Hairstylist |
| Richard C. Franklin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Stanley H. Polinsky | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Charles L. Campbell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Server | Boom Operator |
| David Pettijohn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sonny P. Filippini | Script Supervisor |
| Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
| Robert L. Hoyt | Sound Recordist |
| Ted Varnadoe | Electrician |
| John Caper Jr. | Music Coordinator |
| Phill Norman | Title Designer |
| Harry Betts | Orchestrator |
| Michel Mention | Orchestrator |
| Suzanne E. Petersen | Production Assistant |
| Bobby Brown | Assistant Camera |
| Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Peter T. Myers | Orchestrator |
| Reggie Newkirk | First Assistant Camera |
| Lou Barlia | Camera Operator |
| Michael Ripps | Assistant Editor |
| Susan Turner | Visual Effects |
| John Caper Jr. | Conductor |
| John J. Stephens | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Peter Knight | Orchestrator |
| Syd Dutton | Matte Painter |
| Peter Knight | Conductor |
| Erik Cord | Stunts |
| Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
| Glenn Randall Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mike Henry | Production Assistant |
| Patrick A. DiCocco | Production Driver |
| Dick Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Steve Johnson | Special Effects |