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Blithe Spirit

Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!

1945 · NR · 1h 36m

Directed by David Lean

6.9

TMDB audience score
176 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.

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Cast

  • Rex Harrison
    Charles Condomine

  • Constance Cummings
    Ruth Condomine

  • Kay Hammond
    Elvira Condomine

  • Margaret Rutherford
    Madame Arcati

  • Hugh Wakefield
    Dr. George Bradman

  • Joyce Carey
    Violet Bradman

  • Jacqueline Clarke
    Edith

  • Marie Ault
    Cook (uncredited)

  • Johnnie Schofield
    R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)

  • Noël Coward
    Narrator (uncredited)