Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit (1945)

  • 1945 film

Film based on the stage hit by Noel Coward. A writer is haunted by the ghost of his first wife Elvira after accidentally summoning her during a séance. Also features Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield and more.

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