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{{short description|1941 film by Marcel Varnel}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Ghost of St. Michael's
| image = Ghost-of-st-michaels.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]
| producer =
| writer = [[John Dighton]] [[Angus MacPhail]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Will Hay]] [[Claude Hulbert]] [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] [[John Laurie]] [[Raymond Huntley]]
| music =
| cinematography = Derek Williams
| editing = [[Edward B. Jarvis]]
| distributor = [[Ealing Studios]]
| released = {{Film date|1941|04}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''The Ghost of St. Michael's''''' is a 1941 British [[comedy]]-[[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] film, produced by [[Ealing Studios]].

[[Will Hay]], the film's star, replaced his sidekicks, [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Moore Marriott]], from his previous film ''[[Where's That Fire?]]'' with comedian [[Claude Hulbert]]. Hay and Hulbert would act together again in ''[[My Learned Friend]]'' two years later.

Typical of comedies made during the war, it has an anti-Nazi plot.

==Plot==
An ineffectual science teacher William Lamb ([[Will Hay]]) is hired by a school normally located in middle England (St Michael's) recently transferred because of [[World War II]] evacuation policy to the remote Dunbain Castle on the [[Isle of Skye]], [[Scotland]]. Posing as (amongst many other things) an [[Old Etonian]], Lamb settles down into his new surroundings and becomes acquainted with the various local Scottish traditions and legends that abound and strikes up a friendship with one of the other masters, Hilary Teasdale ([[Claude Hulbert]]).

However, shortly after his arrival an ancient curse returns to Dunbain Castle. The sound of [[bagpipes]] signals the death of a member of staff. Two die and Lamb is initially regarded as a suspect. With his friend appointed as the new headmaster (and the next potential victim), Lamb must solve the mystery of the mysterious murders with the assistance of mischievous know-all schoolboy Percy Thorne ([[Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]). A [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[spy]] ring proves to be behind the killings, and is defeated by a British agent hidden amongst the staff.

In one of the more memorable scenes Lamb is trapped inside a secret room with the ceiling slowly descending upon him. They hide under an iron table but the legs start to bend.

Mrs Wigmore (who has proved to be the traitor) tries to shoot her way to escape but the bullets bounce off the suit of armour which Tisdaile is wearing.

At the very end of the film Hay can be heard breaking character and calling the character Tisdaile "Claude", the actor's real name. This may have been intentional as Hay had just told the cinema audience that it was "all clear" and that they could all go home.
Note that Charles Hawtrey was 26 years old when he portrayed Percy Thorne.

==Cast==
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*[[Will Hay]] – William Lamb
*[[Claude Hulbert]] – Hilary Tisdaile
*[[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] – Percy Thorne
*[[Raymond Huntley]] – Mr Humphries
*[[Felix Aylmer]] – Dr Winter
*[[Elliott Mason]] – Mrs Wigmore
*[[John Laurie]] – Jamie MacLeod, the headmaster's assistant
*[[Hay Petrie]] – [[Procurator Fiscal]]
*[[Roddy Hughes]] – Amberley
*[[Derek Blomfield]] – Sunshine
*[[Brefni O'Rorke]] – Sergeant Macfarlane
*Manning Whiley - Stock
*Charles Mortimer - Sir Ambrose
*Clive Baxter - Ritzy
*David Keir - Dr Ritchie
{{div col end}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0033661}}

{{Marcel Varnel}}
{{Michael Balcon}}

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[[Category:British comedy thriller films]]
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[[Category:1941 comedy films]]
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