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Bell, Book and Candle

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Bell, Book and Candle
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NR,1hr 46min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance,Sci-Fi
Released:
January 1, 1958
Director:
Richard Quine
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon  ...more
Synopsis: John Van Druten's stage comedy Bell Book and Candle starred Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer on Broadway. The 1958 filmed version stars James Stewart and Kim Novak, fresh from their successful teaming in Hitchcock's Vertigo. Novak plays Gillian Holroyd, a genuine, bonafide witch. Falling in love with publisher Sheperd Henderson (Stewart), Gillian casts a spell on him, obliging him to dump his fiancee and rush to her side. All of this goes against the grain of Gillian's mentor Mrs. De Pass (Hermione ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
The attitudes in this comic fantasy are very much those of a 1950s establishment mindset: Kim Novak's character loses her supernatural powers when she falls in love, and she doesn't mind losing her wiles if it means marriage and a placid domestic life with beau James Stewart. Nonetheless, the film has excellent production values, charismatic performances, and sprightly dialogue. It represented a change ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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James Stewart
Shepard Henderson
Kim Novak
Gillian Holroyd
Jack Lemmon
Mickey Holrod
Ernie Kovacs
Sidney Redlitch
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