Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 123movies

Watch: Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 123movies, Full Movie Online – Myra and Billy Savage are a married couple living in London. Myra works as a medium, who holds weekly meetings, séances, for a regular group of customers, while Billy supports her in these ventures, as he does not otherwise work, due to his asthma. “Arthur” is her spirit guide, who was their stillborn son. Myra is the dominant in the couple, Billy, the weak-minded follower. Myra, with Billy’s support, devises a scheme to raise her public prominence as a medium: kidnap Amanda Clayton, the young daughter of a wealthy couple, and using her psychic powers provide information to the Claytons and the police of Amanda and the requested ransom money’s whereabouts. Myra and Billy view this scheme as a victimless crime, if a crime at all, as they don’t plan on harming Amanda, and they are returning the requested ransom. To carry out the scheme successfully, they will have to: kidnap Amanda; convince Amanda that her temporary captivity is not out of the ordinary, while having her not be able to identify them; insert Myra into the case of Amanda’s kidnapping, her information which will be the key to finding Amanda and the money; and return Amanda and the money without having either traced back to them. Beyond these logistics, Myra and Billy themselves will factor into how the plan works. Myra may have either conscious or subconscious thoughts on what she wants to do, in her belief that she truly does have the power..
Plot: Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple’s young daughter so that she can then help the police “find” the missing girl.
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	7.6/10 Votes: 6,827
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Phenomenal acting
Two magnificent actors, Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough star in “Seance on a Wet Afternoon,” a 1964 film directed by Brian Forbes. Stanley was one of the truly great stage and film actresses of the last century; unfortunately, her film performances are very rare.

Here Stanley plays Myra Savage, a woman who probably believes that she is a true psychic and communicating with her late son. Her late son tells her that in order to gain a big reputation, she needs to kidnap the child of a wealthy family, collect the ransom, and then psychically come up with the location of the child and the money.

Myra doesn’t do much – instead, she sends her weak, cowed husband Billy (Attenborough) to do the kidnapping. They make one room in the house look like a hospital room and, wearing surgical masks, they tell the child she’s sick and in hospital. The whole thing starts to make Billy extremely nervous, as he realizes that his delusional wife, whom he’s been jollying along all these years, is in fact nuts.

Brilliant performances by Stanley and Attenborough, Stanley capturing the manipulative nature of Myra as well as her delusions, and Attenborough simply amazing as a weak-willed milksop who seems willing to do anything to avoid a confrontation with Myra.

Though this is a somewhat slow film but extremely atmospheric and suspenseful. This is not only due to Forbes’ direction, but is also driven in part by Stanley’s portrayal of the unstable Myra. You never know what she’s going to do next, but you can guess – and it scares you.

Excellent film.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 1 min (121 min), 1 hr 55 min (115 min) (USA), 2 hr 1 min (121 min) (UK)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Bryan Forbes
Writer Mark McShane, Bryan Forbes
Actors Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey
Country United Kingdom
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm