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1945

1h 36m

7.0(162 votes)

Comedy

Fantasy

Overview

A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.

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Cast & Crew

10 members

Acting

Rex Harrison

Charles Condomine

Acting

Constance Cummings

Ruth Condomine

Acting

Kay Hammond

Elvira Condomine

Acting

Margaret Rutherford

Madame Arcati

Acting

Hugh Wakefield

Dr. George Bradman

Acting

Joyce Carey

Violet Bradman

Acting

Jacqueline Clarke

Edith

Acting

Marie Ault

Cook (uncredited)

Acting

Johnnie Schofield

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

Writing

Noël Coward

Narrator (uncredited)

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