"Blithe Spirit" quotes

Blithe Spirit poster
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

Director: David Lean
Writer: David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Production: Two Cities Films Ltd., Cineguild
Genre: comedy, fantasy
Year: 1945
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.1
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 14 May 1945
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total

40 Clips

The fingers should be touching - Blithe Spirit 00:23
The fingers should be touching
Are they still here - Blithe Spirit 00:17
Are they still here
It's clouding over - Blithe Spirit 00:09
It's clouding over
I've never been so insulted in my life - Blithe Spirit 00:35
I've never been so insulted in my life
Go away immediately - Blithe Spirit 00:28
Go away immediately
What's the matter with her - Blithe Spirit 00:16
What's the matter with her
I can't think how I could have been such a duffer - Blithe Spirit 00:17
I can't think how I could have been such a duffer
This is going to be a flop - Blithe Spirit 00:22
This is going to be a flop
I was a eager young bride - Blithe Spirit 00:45
I was a eager young bride
Is there anyone there - Blithe Spirit 00:30
Is there anyone there
For heaven's sake - Blithe Spirit 00:28
For heaven's sake
If only you'd make an effort to be a little more friendly to Elvira - Blithe Spirit 00:41
If only you'd make an effort to be a little more friendly to...
Extremely audible - Blithe Spirit 00:16
Extremely audible
You're just in time for a cup of tea - Blithe Spirit 00:33
You're just in time for a cup of tea
I was talking to Elvira - Blithe Spirit 00:47
I was talking to Elvira
You called me a guttersnipe - Blithe Spirit 00:46
You called me a guttersnipe
Once and for all - Blithe Spirit 01:10
Once and for all
This display of roguish flippancy might have been alluring - Blithe Spirit 00:57
This display of roguish flippancy might have been alluring
How do you mean - Blithe Spirit 00:31
How do you mean
A tremendously good morning - Blithe Spirit 00:28
A tremendously good morning
I really am a little hurt - Blithe Spirit 00:37
I really am a little hurt
I don't see why - Blithe Spirit 00:49
I don't see why
I gather you got some sort of plan behind all this - Blithe Spirit 00:52
I gather you got some sort of plan behind all this
To blazes with Elvira - Blithe Spirit 00:13
To blazes with Elvira
You ought to be ashamed of yourself - Blithe Spirit 00:31
You ought to be ashamed of yourself
I suppose I must be - Blithe Spirit 00:22
I suppose I must be
I presume that's the gramophone - Blithe Spirit 00:34
I presume that's the gramophone
I told her how profoundly interested I was and she blossomed like a rose - Blithe Spirit 00:13
I told her how profoundly interested I was and she blossomed...
I mean to think of people doing it as a profession - Blithe Spirit 00:26
I mean to think of people doing it as a profession
You called us back and you've done nothing but try to get rid of us ever since we came - Blithe Spirit 00:58
You called us back and you've done nothing but try to get...
Why shouldn't I have fun - Blithe Spirit 00:15
Why shouldn't I have fun
You had two strong dry martinis before dinner - Blithe Spirit 01:05
You had two strong dry martinis before dinner
Now I want you to come upstairs with me and go to bed - Blithe Spirit 00:28
Now I want you to come upstairs with me and go to bed
I must say I find bicycling very exhausting - Blithe Spirit 01:07
I must say I find bicycling very exhausting
I haven't forgotten Elvira - Blithe Spirit 01:40
I haven't forgotten Elvira
I disapprove of fortune tellers most strongly - Blithe Spirit 01:49
I disapprove of fortune tellers most strongly
Anything interesting in The Times - Blithe Spirit 00:17
Anything interesting in The Times
Try to see my point of view - Blithe Spirit 00:41
Try to see my point of view
If you wish to make an inventory of my sex life - Blithe Spirit 00:49
If you wish to make an inventory of my sex life
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit - Blithe Spirit 00:28
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by...

Cast

Charles Condomine - Rex Harrison
Ruth Condomine - Constance Cummings
Elvira Condomine - Kay Hammond
Madame Arcati - Margaret Rutherford
Dr. George Bradman - Hugh Wakefield
Violet Bradman - Joyce Carey
Edith - Jacqueline Clarke
Cook - Marie Ault
Narrator - Noël Coward
R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic - Johnnie Schofield