The read
Scores higher than 74% of the 261 1960s crime movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
120 audience votes
Key crew
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Bryan ForbesDirector
- Bryan ForbesScreenplay
Cast
- Kim StanleyMyra
- Richard AttenboroughBill
- Margaret LaceyWoman at first Seance
- Marie BurkeWoman at first Seance
- Maria KazanWoman at first Seance
- Lionel GamlinMan at Seances
- Marian SpencerMrs. Wintry
- Godfrey JamesMrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
- Judith DonnerAmanda
- Ronald HinesPoliceman outside Clayton's
- Hajni BiroMaid at Clayton's
- Mark EdenMr. Clayton
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Themes
london, englandhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookransomkidnappingmediumworking classblack and whitemental illnessoccultséancebritish new wave
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon is #19 of 60
