Blithe Spirit (1945)

Name: Blithe Spirit
Director: David Lean
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1945-04-05
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Cast: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford

Comedy Fantasy

Director: David Lean

Cast: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford

Runtime96 min

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A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.

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Blithe Spirit, the 1945 comedy fantasy film directed by David Lean, received critical acclaim upon release. The film is considered a classic and has been praised for its clever screenplay, whimsical tone, and standout performances. Blithe Spirit has maintained a strong reputation over the years, with an IMDb rating of 7.7 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 89%, indicating positive audience reception.

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Blithe Spirit is a 1945 British supernatural black comedy film directed by David Lean. The screenplay by Lean, cinematographer Ronald Neame and associate producer Anthony Havelock-Allan, is based on Noël Coward's 1941 play of the same name, the title of which is derived from the line "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert" in the poem "To a Skylark" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The song "Always", written by Irving Berlin, is an important plot element in Blithe Spirit.