Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kim Stanley
Myra Savage
Richard Attenborough
Bill
Margaret Lacey
Woman at First Seance
Marie Burke
Woman at First Seance
Maria Kazan
Woman at First Seance
Lionel Gamlin
Man at Seances
Marian Spencer
Mrs. Wintry
Godfrey James
Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
Judith Donner
Amanda
Ronald Hines
Policeman Outside Clayton's
Hajni Biro
Maid at Clayton's
Bryan Forbes
Director
Mark Eden
Mr. Clayton
Nanette Newman
Mrs. Clayton
Diana Lambert
Mr. Clayton's Secretary
Frank Singuineau
Bus Conductor
Gerald Sim
Beedle
John Barry
Composer
Gerry Turpin
Cinematographer
Stanley Morgan
Man in Trilby
Derek York
Editor
Maggie Rennie
Woman at Second Seance
Michael Lees
Plain Clothes Policeman
Patrick Magee
Walsh
Ray Simm
Art Direction
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Mark McShane
Novel
Peter James
Set Dresser
Dickie Bamber
Dressing Prop
Simon Relph
Assistant Director
Barbara Ritchie
Hairdresser
Alan Roderick-Jones
Set Dresser
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Séance on a Wet Afternoon is a 1964 British thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes, and starring Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman, Mark Eden and Patrick Magee. Based on the 1961 novel by Mark McShane, the film follows a mentally unstable medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. Kim Stanley was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.