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1964

1 hr 51 min

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

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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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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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Kim Stanley

Myra

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Richard Attenborough

Bill

Margaret Lacey's' Profile Image

Margaret Lacey

Woman at first Seance

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Marie Burke

Woman at first Seance

Maria Kazan

Woman at first Seance

Lionel Gamlin

Man at Seances

Marian Spencer

Mrs. Wintry

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Godfrey James

Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur

Judith Donner

Amanda

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Ronald Hines

Policeman outside Clayton's

Hajni Biro

Maid at Clayton's

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Mark Eden

Mr. Clayton

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Nanette Newman

Mrs. Clayton

Diana Lambert

Mr. Clayton's Secretary

Frank Singuineau

Bus Conductor

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Gerald Sim

Beedle

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Stanley Morgan

Man in Trilby

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Maggie Rennie

Woman at Second Seance

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Michael Lees

Plain Clothes Policeman

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Patrick Magee

Walsh

Director
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Bryan Forbes

Director

Penny Daniels

Continuity

Christopher Dryhurst

Assistant Director

Simon Relph

Assistant Director

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Bryan Forbes

Screenplay

Mark McShane

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