Blithe Spirit

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

Oct 3 1945 Approved 1h 36m
Comedy, Fantasy

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.

Plot

To get background for a new book, author Charles Condomine (Sir Rex Harrison) and his second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) light-heartedly arrange for local mystic Madame Arcati (Dame Margaret Rutherford) to give a séance. The unfortunate result is that Charles' first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond) returns from beyond the grave to make his life something of a misery. Ruth too gets increasingly irritated with her supernatural rival, but Madame Arcati is at her wit's end as to how to sort things out.

Written by

David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Directed by

David Lean

Cast

Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Noel Coward-Cineguild, Two Cities Films

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total

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