Was it magic... Or murder they planned?
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
CrimeThrillerDramalondon, englandhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookransomkidnappingmediumworking classblack and whitemental illnessoccultséancebritish new wave
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Kim StanleyMyra
- Richard AttenboroughBill
- Margaret LaceyWoman at first Seance
- Marie BurkeWoman at first Seance
- Maria KazanWoman at first Seance
- Lionel GamlinMan at Seances
- Marian SpencerMrs. Wintry
- Godfrey JamesMrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
- Judith DonnerAmanda
- Ronald HinesPoliceman outside Clayton's
Crew
- Bryan ForbesDirector
- Bryan ForbesScreenplay
- Mark McShaneNovel
- Gerry TurpinDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Derek YorkEditor
- Richard AttenboroughProducer
- Bryan ForbesProducer
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