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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

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.

Film

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

IMDb7.57.2TMDB116 min

CrimeThrillerDrama

Was it magic... Or murder they planned?

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.

Director
Bryan Forbes

Themesbased on novel or bookblack and whitebritish new wavehusband wife relationshipkidnapping

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