
Overview:
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.Status: | Released (1945-04-05) |
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Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total |
Screen: | David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan |
Productions: | Noel Coward-Cineguild, Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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You can't really go wrong with David Lean adapting Noël Coward in a film about poor old Rex Harrison ("Charles") and three on-form women: two of whom he married - Constance Cummings ("Ruth)" and Kay Hammond ("Elvira") and the other is the source of most of his woes - spiritual medium ....
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