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The Ghost Goes West
Why this pick
Like Topper, this is a buoyant prewar fantasy-comedy where a ghostly presence disrupts respectable life, delivered with airy sophistication rather than menace.
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MOVIE1937 1h 37m USA
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Why this pick
Its afterlife premise has the same elegant, mischievous spirit as Topper, using supernatural bureaucracy to propel romantic comedy and a warmly human second chance.
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Blithe Spirit
Why this pick
A dry, polished drawing-room comedy in which the dead make domestic order impossible—an especially good fit for Topper’s genteel setting and playful spectral chaos.
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I Married a Witch
Why this pick
René Clair brings the same featherlight fantasy touch to a romance upended by magic, with glamorous stars and delightful irreverence toward conventional respectability.
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Heaven Can Wait
Why this pick
For Topper’s refined afterlife wit and sympathetic scoundrels, this Lubitsch fantasy offers a similarly urbane, romantic view of judgment, pleasure, and redemption.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
George (Cary Grant) and Marion (Constance Bennett) Kerby are as rich as they are irresponsible. When George wrecks their classy sports car, they wake up from the accident as ghosts. Realizing they aren’t in heaven or hell because they’ve never been responsible enough to do good deeds or bad ones, they decide that freeing their old friend Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) from his regimented lifestyle will be their ticket into heaven.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Cary Grant
George Kerby
Alan Mowbray
Wilkins - Topper Butler
Virginia Sale
Miss Johnson - Mr. Topper's Secretary
J. Farrell MacDonald
Policeman (as J. Farrell McDonald)
Doodles Weaver
Rustic
Si Jenks
Rustic
Billie Burke
Mrs. Clara Topper
Arthur Lake
Elevator Boy / Bellboy