Jan 30th
(Regent Street Cinema, London)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon** (PG) 

(GB 1964)

A would-be psychic who has lost her stillborn son persuades her downtrodden husband to kidnap a wealthy couple's daughter in order to reveal her whereabouts in a seance.
Suffocating psychological thriller only occasionally veering outside into grimy London, sensitively handled by Forbes (given the disturbing subject matter), and grippingly if sometimes obsessively played.

Written and Directed by: Bryan Forbes, based on the novel by Marc McShane.
Producers: Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes.
Starring: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman, Mark Eden, Gerald Sim, Patrick Magee, Judith Donner.
Photography: Gerry Turpin.
Music: John Barry