On the first night after moving in with her young daughter, Anna, and her loyal maid, Martha, Lucy is disturbed by apparitions, but she stands resolute and demands the ghost show himself.

He tells Lucy that his death four years ago was not a suicide, but the result of accidentally kicking the valve on a gas-fired room heater in his sleep.

However, due to Lucy's headstrong attitude, as well as her appreciation of the house, Daniel reluctantly agrees to allow her to live in Gull Cottage and promises to make himself visible only to her.

In London, Lucy goes to meet a publisher and encounters Miles Fairley, a suave author who writes children's books under the pen name Uncle Neddy.

[b] Darryl F. Zanuck, the studio production chief, had originally envisioned John M. Stahl as the director, praising his work on Holy Matrimony (1943) for its similar English humor and sentiment.

In the writer's opinion, Harrison "has such an ingratiating personality that this compensates in large measure for the lack of characterization in his role," but Tierney "is a pretty girl, but has no depth of feeling as an actress.

The critics consensus states, "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir deftly handles a multitude of tones to deliver a haunting love story in classical fashion.

A 90-minute adaptation by Barry Campbell of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 21 December 1974 with Bryan Pringle as Captain Gregg, Gemma Jones as Lucy Muir, and Philip Bond as Miles.

[10] From 1968 to 1970, a TV series titled The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare, aired on NBC and then ABC.

It had the same premise and main characters as the book and film, but it was a situation comedy, downplaying the romantic fantasy elements and focusing on broad humor.

The time and setting were changed, with the action taking place in a contemporary American coastal town (although the ghost was portrayed as being from the Victorian era).

In April 1994, Variety continued its reporting on Sean Connery's being slated to play the Captain in a version of the story for 20th Century Fox.

[12] On June 3, 2005, a musical based on the film and the book, written and directed by James J. Mellon, had its world premiere at the NoHo Arts Center in Los Angeles.

The DVD version includes new audio commentaries, the original theatrical trailer, and the A&E documentary Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King as bonus content.