Darby and the Dead Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely spirits who have unfinished business on earth. But all that changes when Capri (Cravalho), the Queen Bee of the school’s most exclusive clique, unexpectedly dies in a freak hair straightening accident, resulting in the obvious cancellation of her upcoming “Sweet 17.” Capri, however, pleads with Darby from the other side to intervene and convince Capri’s friends to proceed with the party as planned. In order to appease the wrath of the undead diva, Darby must emerge from her self-imposed exile and reinvent herself — which along the way allows her to find new joy back in the land of the living.

Drama Teen

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Darby and the Dead.

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  Riele Downs

  Darby Harper Wants You To Know

• A
  Auli’i Cravalho

  Mean Girls, Crush

• C
  Chosen Jacobs

  Purple Hearts, IT Chapter Two

• A
  Asher Angel

  On Fire, Shazam!

• W
  Wayne Knight

  Jurassic Park 3D, 12 Mighty Orphans

• D
  Derek Luke

  Friday Night Lights, Captain America: The First Avenger

• T
  Tony Danza

  Don Jon, Rumble

Crew Behind the Film

The Darby and the Dead behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Silas Howard last directed Cooler and Moonshadow. The film's writer Becca Greene last wrote The Beard and Darby Harper Wants You To Know.

Director

Silas Howard

Screenwriters

Becca Greene
Wenonah Wilms

Additional Information

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Production Details

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