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Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

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Secret Ceremony

"It's time to speak of unspoken things..."

1968

1h 49m

6.1(69 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Leonora

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Cenci

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Albert

Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

Hannah

Pamela Brown

Pamela Brown

Hilda

Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

George Howell

First Cleaner (uncredited)

Penelope Keith

Penelope Keith

Hotel Assistant (uncredited)

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

Cleaner (uncredited)

Angus MacKay

Angus MacKay

Vicar (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Joseph Losey
Written by: Marco Denevi
George Tabori
Produced by: John Heyman
Norman Priggen

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