''Those Dear Departed'', also known as ''Ghosts Can Do It!'', is a 1987 Australian

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film directed by Ted Robinson and starring

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Pamela Stephenson Pamela Stephenson, Lady Connolly (born 4 December 1949) is a New Zealand-born psychologist, writer, actress and comedian. She moved with her family to Australia in 1953 and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). After playi ...

and

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.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 318.

Cast

as Max Falcon *

as Marilyn Falcon *

as Norda *Marian Dworakowski as Richard *

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as Gordon *John Clarke as Inspector Jerry *

Jonathan Biggins Jonathan Martin Biggins is an Australian actor, singer, writer, director, and comedian. He has appeared on film, stage and television as well as in satirical sketch comedy television programmes. Early life and education Jonathan Martin Biggi ...

as Sgt. Steve *

Graeme Blundell Graeme Blundell (born 7 August 1945) is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer, playwright, lyricist and biographer. Early life Blundell was born on 7 April 1945 in Melbourne; he grew up in the suburb of Clifton Hill. He was educated ...

as Dr. Howie * Phillip Scott as Bow-tied Bon Vivant (uncredited)

References

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