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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Name: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Director: Bryan Forbes
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1964-06-19
Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke, Maria Kazan

CrimeThrillerDrama

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 StanleyRichard AttenboroughMargaret LaceyMarie BurkeMaria KazanLionel GamlinMarian SpencerGodfrey JamesJudith DonnerRonald HinesHajni BiroMark Eden

Director

Bryan Forbes

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