Secret Ceremony
“It's time to speak of unspoken things...”
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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Cast
11 people
Elizabeth Taylor
Leonora
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Mia Farrow
Cenci
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Robert Mitchum
Albert
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Peggy Ashcroft
Hannah
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Pamela Brown
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Robert Douglas
Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
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George Howell
First Cleaner (uncredited)
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Penelope Keith
Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
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Roger Lloyd Pack
Cleaner (uncredited)
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Angus MacKay
Vicar (uncredited)
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Michael Strong
Dr. Walter Stevens (uncredited)
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Joseph Losey Director · George Tabori Screenplay Marco Denevi Story
Worldwide gross $3M · Budget $3.2M · United States release October 23, 1968
Box office
Budget
$3,200,000
Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
World Film Services
Production
Universal Pictures UK
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 23, 1968
Theatrical
France
March 21, 1969 · Theatrical
February 21, 2008 · Physical · DVD
May 1, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 18, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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