Bell, Book and Candle

12/25/19581h 46m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Getting here is half the fun... ~

Overview:

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.

Director:

Richard Quine

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

witch
love of one's life
cat
beatnik
witchcraft
screwball comedy
love potion
fantasy
romantic fantasy

Cast

James Stewart

~ as ~

Shep Henderson

Kim Novak

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Gillian Holroyd

Jack Lemmon

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Nicky Holroyd

Ernie Kovacs

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Sidney Redlitch

Hermione Gingold

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Bianca de Passe

Elsa Lanchester

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Aunt Queenie Holroyd

Janice Rule

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Merle Kittridge

Philippe Clay

~ as ~

French Singer at the Zodiac Club

Bek Nelson

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Tina

Howard McNear

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Andy White

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 7 year(s) ago
5
Pyewacket Pudding.

It's one of those films that we all have, the movie that features actors you simply adore, but no matter how many times you watch it in the mystical hope that it will change and get better, but it never does. Bell Book & Candle is my pet frustration.

Fronted by James Stewart and Kim Novak, supported by Jack Lemmon & Elsa Lanchester, this screen version of the theatre play has a modicum of charm befitting the story of a publisher who falls under the love spell of a modern day witch, but ultimately it plays out as dull.

It looks nice, both in art direction and colour photography, Jimmy and Kim are pleasant of course, and Elsa, Hermione Gingold and Pyewacket the cat are bundles of fun, yet the belly laughs are missing, a need to care about the lovelorn and the restless sadly some place else.

I have a framed still of Jimmy & Kim from this movie hanging in my hallway, every time I pass it I point my finger at it and swear with sadness in my heart. I love those guys you see, the movie not so much... 5/10