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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Was it magic... Or murder they planned?

1964 · 1h 56m

Directed by Bryan Forbes

7.3

TMDB audience score
122 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.

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Cast

  • Kim Stanley
    Myra

  • Richard Attenborough
    Bill

  • Margaret Lacey
    Woman at first Seance

  • Marie Burke
    Woman at first Seance

  • Maria Kazan
    Woman at first Seance

  • Lionel Gamlin
    Man at Seances

  • Marian Spencer
    Mrs. Wintry

  • Godfrey James
    Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur

  • Judith Donner
    Amanda

  • Ronald Hines
    Policeman outside Clayton's

  • Hajni Biro
    Maid at Clayton's

  • Mark Eden
    Mr. Clayton

  • Nanette Newman
    Mrs. Clayton

  • Diana Lambert
    Mr. Clayton's Secretary

  • Frank Singuineau
    Bus Conductor

  • Gerald Sim
    Beedle

  • Stanley Morgan
    Man in Trilby

  • Maggie Rennie
    Woman at Second Seance