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Blithe Spirit (1945)
Directed by David Lean
“Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!”
Comedy, Fantasy · 1h 36m
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.
Cast
Rex Harrison
Charles Condomine
Constance Cummings
Ruth Condomine
Kay Hammond
Elvira Condomine
Margaret Rutherford
Madame Arcati
Hugh Wakefield
Dr. George Bradman
Joyce Carey
Violet Bradman
Jacqueline Clarke
Edith
Marie Ault
Cook (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)
Noël Coward
Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- David Lean
- Screenplay
- Noël Coward, David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Director of Photography
- Ronald Neame
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Addinsell
- Editor
- Jack Harris
- Producer
- Noël Coward
Details
- Release date
- 1945-04-05
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Noel Coward-Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation