Seance on a Wet Afternoon

+ intro by writer and producer David McGillivray

Kim Stanley was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of a mentally disturbed medium in this dark tale of twisted loyalty.

  • Director

    Bryan Forbes

  • With

    Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman, Patrick Magee

  • UK 1964. 116min

  • 35mm

  • Certificate

    PG

  • A BFI National Archive print

A failing spiritualist engineers a kidnapping to gain media attention in this powerful psychological thriller. The central performances are outstanding, Attenborough winning a BAFTA for his study of the psychic’s dangerously devoted husband. The old dark house where their intense, obsessive relationship plays out is brilliantly designed, and shot in shadowy black and white, with John Barry’s atmospheric score completing the unsettling effect.

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