Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

7.2/10 116 min Crime Thriller Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Kim Stanley

Myra

Richard Attenborough

Bill

Margaret Lacey

Woman at first Seance

Marie Burke

Woman at first Seance

Marian Spencer

Mrs. Wintry

Godfrey James

Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur

Ronald Hines

Policeman outside Clayton's

Mark Eden

Mr. Clayton

Nanette Newman

Mrs. Clayton

Gerald Sim

Beedle

Maggie Rennie

Woman at Second Seance

Michael Lees

Plain Clothes Policeman

Patrick Magee

Walsh

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