Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Was it magic... Or murder they planned?
115 min
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.
- Release date
- June 19, 1964
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- John Barry
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Kim Stanley as Myra Savage
- Richard Attenborough as Bill
- Margaret Lacey as Woman at First Seance
- Marie Burke as Woman at First Seance
- Maria Kazan as Woman at First Seance
- Lionel Gamlin as Man at Seances
- Marian Spencer as Mrs. Wintry
- Godfrey James as Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
- Judith Donner as Amanda
- Ronald Hines as Policeman Outside Clayton's
- Mark Eden as Mr. Clayton
- Nanette Newman as Mrs. Clayton
- Frank Singuineau as Bus Conductor
- Gerald Sim as Beedle
- Stanley Morgan as Man in Trilby
- Maggie Rennie as Woman at Second Seance
- Michael Lees as Plain Clothes Policeman
- Patrick Magee as Walsh
Crew
- Bryan Forbes · Director
- Mark McShane · Writer
- Bryan Forbes · Writer
- Richard Attenborough · Producer
- John Barry · Composer
- Gerry Turpin · Cinematographer
- Derek York · Editor