Secret Ceremony

Nan
1h 49m
1968
6 /10 (60)

It's time to speak of unspoken things...

Overview

A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Country : United Kingdom
Languages : English
Released Date: 1968-10-23

Top Billed Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

Leonora

Mia Farrow

Cenci

Robert Mitchum

Albert

Peggy Ashcroft

Hannah

Pamela Brown

Hilda

Robert Douglas

Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

George Howell

First Cleaner (uncredited)

Penelope Keith

Hotel Assistant (uncredited)

Roger Lloyd Pack

Cleaner (uncredited)

Angus MacKay

Vicar (uncredited)

Michael Strong

Dr. Walter Stevens (uncredited)

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