In this timeless comedy, novelist Charles Condomine is researching the occult for his new book. He and his wife Ruth recruit local spiritualist, the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati, to conduct a séance, with unexpected results. The spirit of Charles’ first wife Elvira is summoned and has no intentions of leaving! To make things worse, no-one other than Charles can see her, leaving Ruth to worry for his sanity, and when Elvira makes plans for their reunion to be a permanent one, then everyone needs to be worried.