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Screenplay David Lean, Noël Coward, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Director David Lean

Blithe Spirit

Tagline: Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!

Release Date: 1945-04-05

Duration: 96 minutes

Synopsis

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

Casting

  • Margaret Rutherford
    Madame Arcati
  • Rex Harrison
    Charles Condomine
  • Constance Cummings
    Ruth Condomine
  • Joyce Carey
    Violet Bradman
  • Hugh Wakefield
    Dr. George Bradman
  • Noël Coward
    Narrator (uncredited)
  • Kay Hammond
    Elvira Condomine
  • Marie Ault
    Cook (uncredited)
  • Jacqueline Clarke
    Edith
  • Johnnie Schofield
    R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)