Blithe Spirit

1945 PG-13 1h 36m

7.0 / 10 166

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7.0/10

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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.

Director David Lean

Writers

Noël Coward Noël Coward David Lean

Stars

Rex Harrison Constance Cummings Kay Hammond

R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)

Noël Coward

Narrator (uncredited)

Comedy Fantasy

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Geronimo1967 1 Jul 2022

7/10

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 Margaret Rutherford ("Madama Arcati"). Right from the start, the pace of the dialogue is witty and engaging. Harris...