This film has snuck by me for decades now, as it’s one of those classics that a lot of what I call “classic movie fans” seem to like though it doesn’t tend to be on critical best lists, and as an elitist teen I used to avoid those. I’m coming around on a lot of that type of film now, and realizing I missed out.
In this one, Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierney) breaks free from her late husband’s controlling family to find a little cottage she can call her own (along with her daughter, a young Natalie Wood) – only trouble is it’s haunted by the sea captain (Rex Harrison) who used to own it. Unafraid of the ghost, she moves in anyway and ends up striking up quite a friendship with the gruff captain…and maybe a little more.
