Blithe Spirit · 1945

Blithe Spirit

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

David Lean · 96 min · United Kingdom

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.

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Production companies

Noel Coward-Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Cast

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  Rex Harrison

  Charles Condomine

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  Constance Cummings

  Ruth Condomine

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  Kay Hammond

  Elvira Condomine

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  Margaret Rutherford

  Madame Arcati

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  Hugh Wakefield

  Dr. George Bradman

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  Joyce Carey

  Violet Bradman

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  Jacqueline Clarke

  Edith

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  Marie Ault

  Cook (uncredited)