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Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

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

19686.01h 49m

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.

Directed by Joseph Losey
Written by Marco Denevi, George Tabori
Produced by Norman Priggen, John Heyman
Box OfficeBudget: $3.2M0

Top Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Leonora

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Cenci

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Albert

Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

Hannah

Pamela Brown

Pamela Brown

Hilda

Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

G

George Howell

First Cleaner (uncredited)

Penelope Keith

Penelope Keith

Hotel Assistant (uncredited)

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

Cleaner (uncredited)

Angus MacKay

Angus MacKay

Vicar (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

daughterprostitutestepfatherprostitutiondead daughtergrieving mother

About Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 1968 exploring themes of daughter, prostitute, stepfather, prostitution, dead daughter, grieving mother. Directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum. 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.

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