london, england,husband wife relationship,based on novel or book,ransom,kidnapping,medium,working class,black and white,mental illness,occult,séance,british new wave,loss of child,stillbirth

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Bryan Forbes
  • Profile picture of Kim Stanley
    Myra Kim Stanley
  • Profile picture of Richard Attenborough
    Bill Richard Attenborough
  • Profile picture of Margaret Lacey
    Woman at first Seance Margaret Lacey
  • Profile picture of Marie Burke
    Woman at first Seance Marie Burke
  • Profile picture of Godfrey James
    Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur Godfrey James
  • Profile picture of Ronald Hines
    Policeman outside Clayton's Ronald Hines
  • Profile picture of Mark Eden
    Mr. Clayton Mark Eden
  • Profile picture of Nanette Newman
    Mrs. Clayton Nanette Newman

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Keywords

  • london, england
  • husband wife relationship
  • based on novel or book
  • ransom
  • kidnapping
  • medium
  • working class
  • black and white
  • mental illness
  • occult
  • séance
  • british new wave
  • loss of child
  • stillbirth