The Spirit Is Willing is a 1967 American horror comedy film directed by William Castle, written by Ben Starr, and starring Sid Caesar, Vera Miles, Barry Gordon, John McGiver, Cass Daley, Ricky Cordell and Mary Wickes.

Based on The Visitors by Nathaniel Benchley, it was released in July 1967, by Paramount Pictures.

[1][2][3] Ben (Sid Caesar) and Kate Powell (Vera Miles) rent a haunted New England house by the sea.

There, their son Steve (Barry Gordon) cops the blame for mayhem caused by the pranks of three mischievous ghosts.

When the mortal family refuses to move, the ghostly trio (two women and a man) sink two boats belonging to the couples' wealthy uncle.