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Séance on a Wet Afternoon

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Séance on a Wet Afternoon	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Séance on a Wet Afternoon is a 1964 British thriller written and directed by Bryan Forbes, based on the book of the same name by Mark McShane.Myra Savage (Kim Stanley) believes herself to be in regular contact with the spirit world, and she holds weekly séances in an upstairs room in the house she inherited from her mother. However, she tells her asthmatic, unemployed husband Billy (Richard Attenborough, who also produced the film) that their son Arthur has given his blessing for a scheme to make her famous as a medium. The plan is for Billy to kidnap Amanda Clayton (Judith Donner), the daughter of wealthy industrialist Charles Clayton (Mark Eden) and his wife (Nanette Newmannote Forbes' wife), after which Myra will go to the Claytons and claim to have had a dream that might help them locate Amanda. Though Charles thinks Myra is a con artist, his wife is more receptive and agrees to participate in one of Myra's séances in the hopes of getting news of Amanda. However, Myra's sanity and the plan both start to unravel as her thoughts turn from kidnapping to murder...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Séance on a Wet Afternoon / int_2f665172	comment	Come Alone: One of the instructions Billy gives Clayton for the Ransom Drop is to come alone and wait in a phone box in Leicester Square for further instructions. Clayton is accompanied by two plainclothes officers, but Billy has planned for this and is able to weave in and out of the crowds in Piccadilly Circus Underground station to give the police the slip.
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Séance on a Wet Afternoon / int_ad6593eb	comment	Cut-and-Paste Note: The ransom demand that Myra instructs Billy to put together to send to the Claytons is assembled from words cut out of a newspaper. This is foreshadowed by Billy idly cutting letters out of a newspaper headline in an early scene.
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Séance on a Wet Afternoon / int_d23bc73b	comment	Anonymous Public Phone Call: Billy calls the Claytons with instructions for the Ransom Drop from a public phone box. The police are already at the Claytons' house and listen in on the call while engaging in a Phone-Trace Race; while it is not clear whether the trace succeeds, they have enough information to send two plainclothes officers along for the money handover.
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