This comedy features Peter Ustinov as ghost Blackbeard who is summoned by Coach Walker, the new track coach for Godolphin College, played by Dean Jones. There is no running for the first hour as the scene is set around the "Daughters of the Buccaneers" trying to keep their inn away from the local mobster, Silky Seymour, and Blackbeard’s antics with Coach Walker who is being pursued by the professor at the college played by Suzanne Pleshette. Only a moment of training is shown prior to the big track meet being held, the Broxton Relays. Blackbeard goes into action both on the track as well as with the field events bringing some interesting outcomes. The mile relay is the big finale on the track and Blackbeard pulls out all the stops on the last lap to affect the outcome (yes, even fish are involved in the race). Amazon.com carries both the DVD as well as VHS versions if you want to own this film. Originally released in 1967, Walt Disney released the DVD in 2002 with no additional features over the VHS production.
