Return to Glennascaul

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name = Return to Glennascaul


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caption = Orson Welles in "Return to Glennascaul"
director = Hilton Edwards
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writer = Hilton Edwards
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starring = Orson Welles
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released = 1951
runtime = 23 min.
country = Ireland
language = English
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imdb_id = 0043964

"Return to Glennascaul", also known as "Orson Welles' Ghost Story", is a 1951 is a short film starring Orson Welles. It was written and directed by Hilton Edwards and produced by Micheál MacLiammóir.

The plot is derived from the ubiquitous story of the vanishing hitchhiker.

Plot summary

Welles (playing himself), taking a break from the filming of "Othello", is driving in the Irish countryside one night when he offers a ride to a man with car trouble. The man relates a strange event that happened to him at the same location. Two women flagged down his car one evening, asking for a ride back to their manor. They invited him in for a drink, and after leaving, he went back for his cigarette case. He found the manor deserted and decayed. In Dublin, a real estate broker told him the mother and daughter had died years ago. Welles, sufficiently spooked, drops the man off at his home, and speeds on by when two other stranded women wave for a ride.

Nominations

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.

Releases

This film is only 23 minutes long and is an extra on the recently released reissued DVD of Welles' "Othello". It was also released as "Orson Welles' Ghost Story".

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