Blithe Spirit (1945)

7.0/10 96 min Comedy Fantasy

Overview

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.

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)

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