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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.
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7.157/10

John Chard
Because your weak, and you need me. Myra Savage is a struggling psychic, who along with her weak-willed husband, Billy, kidnap the young daughter of wealthy parents. The plan is to extort money fr... read more
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Cast

Kim Stanley
Myra

Richard Attenborough
Bill

Margaret Lacey
Woman at first Seance

Marie Burke
Woman at first Seance
Maria Kazan
Woman at first Seance
Lionel Gamlin
Man at Seances
Marian Spencer
Mrs. Wintry

Godfrey James
Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
Judith Donner
Amanda

Ronald Hines
Policeman outside Clayton's
Hajni Biro
Maid at Clayton's

Mark Eden
Mr. Clayton

Nanette Newman
Mrs. Clayton
Diana Lambert
Mr. Clayton's Secretary
Frank Singuineau
Bus Conductor

Gerald Sim
Beedle

Stanley Morgan
Man in Trilby

Maggie Rennie
Woman at Second Seance

Michael Lees
Plain Clothes Policeman

Patrick Magee
Walsh
Director

Bryan Forbes
Director
Penny Daniels
Continuity
Christopher Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Simon Relph
Assistant Director
Creator

Bryan Forbes
Screenplay
Mark McShane
Novel