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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

  • 19641964
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
6.9K
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Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
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A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.
IMDb RATING
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6.9K
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    • Bryan Forbes
    • Mark McShane(based on the novel by)
    • Bryan Forbes(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Kim Stanley
    • Richard Attenborough
    • Margaret Lacey
    • Bryan Forbes
    • Mark McShane(based on the novel by)
    • Bryan Forbes(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Kim Stanley
    • Richard Attenborough
    • Margaret Lacey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 89User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
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    Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Patrick Magee in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Gerald Sim in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Richard Attenborough, Patrick Magee, Gerald Sim, and Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Richard Attenborough, Patrick Magee, Gerald Sim, and Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Patrick Magee in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
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    Kim Stanley
    Kim Stanley
    • Myra Savage
    Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    • Bill
    Margaret Lacey
    • Woman at First Seance
    Marie Burke
    Marie Burke
    • Woman at First Seance
    Maria Kazan
    • Woman at First Seance
    Lionel Gamlin
    Lionel Gamlin
    • Man at Seances
    Marian Spencer
    • Mrs. Wintry
    Godfrey James
    Godfrey James
    • Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
    Judith Donner
    Judith Donner
    • Amanda
    Ronald Hines
    Ronald Hines
    • Policeman Outside Clayton's
    Hajni Biro
    • Maid at Clayton's
    Mark Eden
    Mark Eden
    • Mr. Clayton
    Nanette Newman
    Nanette Newman
    • Mrs. Clayton
    Diana Lambert
    • Mr. Clayton's Secretary
    Frank Singuineau
    Frank Singuineau
    • Bus Conductor
    Gerald Sim
    Gerald Sim
    • Beedle
    Stanley Morgan
    Stanley Morgan
    • Man in Trilby
    Maggie Rennie
    • Woman at Second Seance
    • (as Margaret McGrath)
      • Bryan Forbes
      • Mark McShane(based on the novel by)
      • Bryan Forbes(written for the screen by)
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    • Trivia
      Director Bryan Forbes looked for the house with the turret as a film location. When he went to the owner for permission, she asked who was in the movie. When told that an American actress named Kim Stanley, the woman blanched, stepped back, and said that Stanley was one of her oldest friends whom she had not seen in seventeen years.
    • Goofs
      During the final seance, there is a close up of a man's hand with a pinkie ring and gray sleeve, who is not at the table. It is a repeated shot from the previous seance, when the gray-jacketed man took part.
    • Quotes

      Myra Savage: You know what I sometimes wish? I sometimes wish I *were*... ordinary. Like you. Dead ordinary. Ordinary and *dead* like all the others.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Clock (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Hear my Prayer
      Written by Felix Mendelssohn (as Mendelssohn)

      Played by George Thalben-Ball (as Sir George Thalben-Ball) (organ)

      Sung by Ernest Lough

    User reviews89

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    8/10
    Bryan Forbes' Best Film
    Forbes also wrote this one (as he often did). It's hard to find any fault with this movie. You can't get much better than a film, not only written and directed by Forbes, but starring an unforgettable pairing in Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough. Ms. Stanley didn't make too many movies, but this one is enough to show why she's often thought of as the best stage actress of the 20th century.

    Just to tell a small bit of the story, it's about a woman and her husband who earn some money giving séances for people. It's unclear whether the husband, played by Attenborough, actually believes anything supernatural is going on, because as the story progresses, what does become clear is that his wife, played by Stanley, is having, or has already had, a serious break with reality.

    A word of warning to those thinking this is a movie about the supernatural given the film's title—it is not, although some may see something of the supernatural in the wife's delusional mode of existence. The film is actually about something entirely different—the kidnapping of a young girl. Very suspensefully done from beginning to end.
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    • Why did Richard Attenborough wear a fake nose?

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 1964 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Staines Stadium, Hythe End, Staines, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Beaver Films
      • Allied Film Makers (AFM)
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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