Seance on a Wet Afternoon

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.

Cast

Kim Stanley

as Myra

Richard Attenborough

as Bill

Margaret Lacey

as Woman at first Seance

Marie Burke

as Woman at first Seance

Maria Kazan

as Woman at first Seance

Lionel Gamlin

as Man at Seances

Marian Spencer

as Mrs. Wintry

Godfrey James

as Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur

Judith Donner

as Amanda

Ronald Hines

as Policeman outside Clayton's

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