Blithe Spirit
1945 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 7.0 · 72% critics
While hosting a séance to help a skeptical novelist, a self-proclaimed medium accidentally brings his deceased first wife into their lives. Only he can see the ghost, and her presence quickly tangles his home life with his current wife as the supernatural situation spirals into a messy love triangle.
Based on Blithe Spirit
Also known as Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit
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Details
- Years
- 1945
- Release date
- 1945-04-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (166 votes)
About
If you want a light, witty ghostly comedy with a memorable eccentric medium and constant domestic mayhem, Blithe Spirit delivers; Not for you if you dislike stagey feel or want consistently logical storytelling.
Pros: witty dialogue; stand-out medium; entertaining farce | Cons: can feel stagey; confusing second half; some pacing issues
Themes
- love triangle
- married couple
- exorcism
- medium
- based on play or musical
- murder
- trance
- author
- maid
- widower
- novelist
- screwball comedy
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1947
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1947 · nominated
Cast & crew
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 (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
as R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)
Noël Coward
as Narrator (uncredited)
Directed by David Lean