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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

  • 1964
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
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  • Director
    • Bryan Forbes
  • Writers
    • Mark McShane
    • Bryan Forbes
  • Stars
    • Kim Stanley
    • Richard Attenborough
    • Margaret Lacey
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    7.8K
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    • Director
      • Bryan Forbes
    • Writers
      • Mark McShane
      • Bryan Forbes
    • Stars
      • Kim Stanley
      • Richard Attenborough
      • Margaret Lacey
    • 99User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Kim Stanley
    Kim Stanley
    • Myra Savage
    Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    • Bill
    Margaret Lacey
    • Woman at First Seance
    Marie Burke
    Marie Burke
    • Woman at First Seance
    Maria Kazan
    • Woman at First Seance
    Lionel Gamlin
    Lionel Gamlin
    • Man at Seances
    Marian Spencer
    • Mrs. Wintry
    Godfrey James
    Godfrey James
    • Mrs. Clayton's Chauffeur
    Judith Donner
    Judith Donner
    • Amanda
    Ronald Hines
    Ronald Hines
    • Policeman Outside Clayton's
    Hajni Biro
    • Maid at Clayton's
    Mark Eden
    Mark Eden
    • Mr. Clayton
    Nanette Newman
    Nanette Newman
    • Mrs. Clayton
    Diana Lambert
    • Mr. Clayton's Secretary
    Frank Singuineau
    Frank Singuineau
    • Bus Conductor
    Gerald Sim
    Gerald Sim
    • Beedle
    Stanley Morgan
    Stanley Morgan
    • Man in Trilby
    Maggie Rennie
    • Woman at Second Seance
    • (as Margaret McGrath)
    • Director
      • Bryan Forbes
    • Writers
      • Mark McShane
      • Bryan Forbes
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    • Trivia
      Director Bryan Forbes looked for the house with the turret as a film location. When he went to the owner for permission, she asked who was in the movie. When told that an American actress named Kim Stanley, the woman blanched, stepped back, and said that Stanley was one of her oldest friends whom she had not seen in seventeen years.
    • Goofs
      During the final séance, there is a closeup of a man's hand with a pinkie ring and gray sleeve, who is not at the table. It is a repeated shot from the previous séance, when the gray-jacketed man took part.
    • Quotes

      Myra Savage: You know what I sometimes wish? I sometimes wish I *were*... ordinary. Like you. Dead ordinary. Ordinary and *dead* like all the others.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Clock (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Hear my Prayer
      Written by Felix Mendelssohn (as Mendelssohn)

      Played by George Thalben-Ball (as Sir George Thalben-Ball) (organ)

      Sung by Ernest Lough

    User reviews99

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    An original chiller.

    I remember seeing Seance on a Wet Afternoon, before I was teenager. And then seeing it again five or six years later. It still had the same impact watching the movie as I was young child. If this playing on TV tomorrow, I would watch Seance before any TV show. It is an excellent study of characters in story. This is one the movies made me interested in older films. I did not care if the movie was in black and white or color as long as the film is made well. I enjoy for the mysterious atmosphere the movie is set and creativity that the actors bring to their roles. The plot had been copied many of times on film and TV but never can duplicated. Kim Stanley plays the strong controlling wife who does the seances and Richard Attenborough as her weak husband. If like the Others and Sixth Sense, you might like this film.
    • cmyklefty
    • Aug 28, 2002
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Seansa jednog kišnog popodneva
    • Filming locations
      • Staines Stadium, Hythe End, Staines, Surrey, England, UK(abandoned stadium)
    • Production companies
      • Beaver Films
      • Allied Film Makers (AFM)
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    • Budget
      • £143,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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