Giving Up the Ghost
1998, English. Directed by Claudia Weill.
After a woman's husband dies while jogging in the park, the young widow's deep grief helps to awaken his ghost. The ghost urges her to commit suicide to join him in the afterlife. While the young woman is making up her mind about suicide, her husband's ghost helps with a current murder case.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 7 September 1998
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Richard Romanus, Anthea Sylbert
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Giving Up the Ghost runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Which OTT platform is Giving Up the Ghost on?
Giving Up the Ghost isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 September 1998. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Giving Up the Ghost?
If you liked Giving Up the Ghost, try Ricky Gervais: Mortality, Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie, Clear History.
Who directed Giving Up the Ghost?
Giving Up the Ghost (1998) was directed by Claudia Weill and stars Marg Helgenberger, Alan Rosenberg, Brian Kerwin.