Movie
Blithe Spirit
Overview
While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
Details
- Release date
- 1945-04-05
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Noel Coward-Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rex Harrison as Charles Condomine
- Constance Cummings as Ruth Condomine
- Kay Hammond as Elvira Condomine
- Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati
- Hugh Wakefield as Dr. George Bradman
- Joyce Carey as Violet Bradman
- Jacqueline Clarke as Edith
- Marie Ault as Cook (uncredited)
- Johnnie Schofield as R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)
- Noël Coward as Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
- David Lean - Director
- Noël Coward - Screenplay
- Ronald Neame - Screenplay
- David Lean - Screenplay
- Anthony Havelock-Allan - Screenplay
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