Blithe Spirit

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.

Cast

Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

as Charles Condomine

Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings

as Ruth Condomine

Kay Hammond

Kay Hammond

as Elvira Condomine

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

as Madame Arcati

Hugh Wakefield

Hugh Wakefield

as Dr. George Bradman

Joyce Carey

Joyce Carey

as Violet Bradman

Jacqueline Clarke

Jacqueline Clarke

as Edith

Marie Ault

Marie Ault

as Cook (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield

Johnnie Schofield

as R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

as Narrator (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

You can't really go wrong with David Lean adapting Noël Coward in a film about poor old Rex Harrison ("Charles") and three on-form women: two of whom he married - Constance Cummings ("Ruth)" and Kay Hammond ("Elvira") and the other is the source of most of his woes - spiritual medium Margaret Ruther...

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