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1964 Crime Thriller Drama 1h 51m

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

"Was it magic... Or murder they planned?"

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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Principal 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

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