The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Marcel VarnelDirector
- John DightonWriter
- Angus MacPhailWriter
Cast
- Will HayWill Lamb
- Claude HulbertHilary Tisdaile
- Felix AylmerDr Winter
- Raymond HuntleyMr Humphries
- Charles MortimerSir Ambrose
- Charles HawtreyPercy Thorne
- John LaurieJamie
- Manning WhileyStock
- Roddy HughesAmberley
- Derek BlomfieldSunshine
- Clive BaxterRitzy
- Hay PetrieProcurator Fiscal
Stills
Themes
black and white