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Film4 joins the national 2008 celebration of the centenary of the birth of David Lean with an extensive season of some of his finest films. Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings and Margaret Rutherford star in this sparkling comedy directed by David Lean and based on the stage hit by Noel Coward. Harrison plays Charles Condomine, a writer who's haunted by his first wife Elvira and harangued by his second Ruth. To get rid of Elvira's spirit, they call in medium Madame Arcati. At first, her intervention seems to bring Charles relief but he's soon beset by more spiritual problems than he can handle...

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1945) (4 Star)

Cast:

Rex Harrison	.... Charles Condomine
Constance Cummings	.... Ruth Condomine
Kay Hammond	.... Elvira Condomine
Margaret Rutherford	.... Madame Arcati
Hugh Wakefield	.... Dr. George Bradman
Joyce Carey	.... Violet Bradman

Supporting Cast:

Jacqueline Clarke

.... Edith

Directors:

David Lean

Writers:

Noel Coward
Anthony Havelock-Allan