Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Name: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1964
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.2

★ 7.2· 116 min· 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.

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Cast

Kim Stanley

Myra

Richard Attenborough

Bill

Margaret Lacey

Woman at first Seance

Marie Burke

Woman at first Seance

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Maria Kazan

Woman at first Seance

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Lionel Gamlin

Man at Seances

Marian Spencer

Mrs. Wintry

Godfrey James

Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur

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Judith Donner

Amanda

Ronald Hines

Policeman outside Clayton's

Kim Stanley — Myra

Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress, primarily in televsion and theatre, but with occasional film performances.

Richard Attenborough — Bill

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit. He went on several bombing ra

Margaret Lacey — Woman at first Seance

Margaret Lacey was born on October 25, 1911 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England as Margaret Brackenbury Lacey.