Blithe Spirit
“Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!”
While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
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Cast
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Rex Harrison
Charles Condomine
Known for
My Fair Lady
Cleopatra
Constance Cummings
Ruth Condomine
Known for
Dead Man's Folly
Kay Hammond
Elvira Condomine
Also in
Abraham Lincoln
Her Private Affair
Margaret Rutherford
Madame Arcati
Known for
Murder She Said
Chimes at Midnight
Hugh Wakefield
Dr. George Bradman
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Million Pound Note
Joyce Carey
Violet Bradman
Known for
Brief Encounter
In Which We Serve
Jacqueline Clarke
Edith
Known for
The Queen of Spades
Marie Ault
Cook (uncredited)
Known for
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Johnnie Schofield
R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)
Known for
Went the Day Well?
Noël Coward
Narrator (uncredited)
Known for
The Italian Job
In Which We Serve
David Lean Director · Ronald Neame Screenplay Noël Coward Screenplay
United States release October 3, 1945 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Noel Coward-Cineguild
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Two Cities Films
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J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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United Artists Pictures
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 5, 1945
Limited theatrical · London
United States · October 3, 1945
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Austria
February 15, 1946 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1946 · Theatrical
Germany
March 6, 1946 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 2, 1948 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 20, 1945 · Theatrical
March 15, 1975 · TV · TV2
United Kingdom
May 14, 1945 · Theatrical
XC
August 3, 1946 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
August 23, 1946 · Theatrical
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