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Casper: A Spirited Beginning

It's a whole new scream!

1997★ 5.4 · 3351h 30mAdventureFamilyComedyFantasy

Overview

Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.

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Cast

James Earl Jones
as Kibosh (voice)

Michael McKean
as Bill Case

Casper Van Dien
as Bystander

Steve Guttenberg
as Tim Carson

Debi Mazar
as Angie Lyons

Brian Doyle-Murray
as Foreman Dave

Edie McClurg
as Librarian

Jess Harnell
as Fatso (voice)

Michael McDonald
as Sarcastic Protester

Lori Loughlin
as Sheila Fistergraff

Bill Farmer
as Stinky (voice)

Rodney Dangerfield
as Johnny Hunt

Collection

Casper Collection

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Casper

1

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

2

Casper Meets Wendy

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Release date: 1997-09-09

Budget: $3,500,000

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genres

AdventureFamilyComedyFantasy

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