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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Was it magic... Or murder they planned?
1h 56m · Released · TMDB ★ 7.2 (121)
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.
Director: Bryan Forbes
Starring: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke, Maria Kazan, Lionel Gamlin
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