The Spirit Is Willing

The Spirit Is Willing is a 1967 film about couple and their teenage son who rent a haunted New England seaside house, and their summer vacation turns into a ghost-hunt.
 * Directed by William Castle. Written by Ben Starr.

Kiss-Hungry Girl Ghosts Looking for a Live Lover in a Haunted House of Mayhem. (taglines)

Ben Powell

 * What's the matter, you still mad 'cause I wouldn't let you split my skull with your ax?

Dialogue

 * Ben Powell: Look, you can't afford a new car.
 * Steve Powell: But dad, neither can you but you drive one.
 * Ben Powell: I'm too poor to drive an old car.


 * Fess Dorple: You mean to tell me that the anchor you just saw down there a, a minute ago, i-it's not there any more?
 * Steve Powell: That's right.
 * Fess Dorple: Look kid, I got a surprise for you: all the anchors I know don't know how to swim.


 * Uncle George: Keep Steve handy, I have a little present for him.
 * Kate Powell: I hope it's money.
 * Uncle George: You wouldn't have said that if you were sober.


 * Dr. Frieden: Well, happy birthday.
 * Steve Powell: Thank you.
 * Dr. Frieden: I'm sorry I didn't bring you a present.
 * Steve Powell: [scoffs] Oh, that's okay, who wants presents on their birthday, anyway?

Taglines

 * Kiss-Hungry Girl Ghosts Looking for a Live Lover in a Haunted House of Mayhem.


 * The first picture to face the biggest problem of our time: the sex life of ghosts!

Cast

 * Sid Caesar — Ben Powell
 * Vera Miles — Kate Powell
 * Barry Gordon — Steve Powell
 * John McGiver — Uncle George
 * Cass Daley — Felicity Twitchell
 * Ricky Cordell — Miles Thorpe
 * Mary Wickes — Gloria Tritt
 * Jesse White — Fess Dorple
 * Robert Donner — Ebenezer Twitchell
 * Mickey Deems — Rabbit Warren
 * Nestor Paiva — Felicity's Father (final film role)
 * Doodles Weaver — Booper Mellish
 * Jay C. Flippen — Mother
 * Jill Townsend — Jenny Pruitt / Priscilla Weems / Carol Weems
 * John Astin — Dr. Frieden