Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Jun 19 1964
•2h 51m
•Crime, Thriller, Drama
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
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Kim Stanley
Myra
Richard Attenborough
Bill
Margaret Lacey
Woman at first Seance
Marie Burke
Woman at first Seance
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