Blithe Spirit
- Director: David Lean
- Writer: David Lean; Ronald Neame
- Producer: Noel Coward
CGiii Comment
Terribly English, terribly mannered, rather eccentric and as far from reality as you can get.
Did people really speak like that???
Worth watching for Margaret Rutherford alone.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
To get background for a new book, author Charles Condomine (Sir Rex Harrison) and his second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) light-heartedly arrange for local mystic Madame Arcati (Dame Margaret Rutherford) to give a séance. The unfortunate result is that Charles' first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond) returns from beyond the grave to make his life something of a misery. Ruth too gets increasingly irritated with her supernatural rival, but Madame Arcati is at her wit's end as to how to sort things out.
Cast & Characters
Rex Harrison as Charles Condomine;
Constance Cummings as Ruth Condomine;
Kay Hammond as Elvira Condomine;
Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati;
Hugh Wakefield as Dr. George Bradman;
Joyce Carey as Violet Bradman;
Jacqueline Clarke as Edith;
Marie Ault as Cook;
Noel Coward as Narrator;
Johnnie Schofield as R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic