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Blithe Spirit

7.019451h 36mUMovieComedyFantasy

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.

DirectorDavid Lean
WritersNoël Coward·David Lean
ProducerNoël Coward

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Cast · Directed by David Lean

RHRex Harrison
Rex Harrison
Charles Condomine
CCConstance Cummings
Constance Cummings
Ruth Condomine
KHKay Hammond
Kay Hammond
Elvira Condomine
MRMargaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford
Madame Arcati
HWHugh Wakefield
Hugh Wakefield
Dr. George Bradman
JCJoyce Carey
Joyce Carey
Violet Bradman
JCJacqueline Clarke
Jacqueline Clarke
Edith
MAMarie Ault
Marie Ault
Cook (uncredited)
JSJohnnie Schofield
Johnnie Schofield
R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)
NC
Noël Coward
Narrator (uncredited)

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