Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Losey
Screenplay byGeorge Tabori
Based onCeremonia secreta
by Marco Denevi
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGerry Fisher
Edited byReginald Beck
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
Production
company
World Film Services
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 23 October 1968 (1968-10-23) (U.S.)
  • 19 June 1969 (1969-06-19) (London)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million—$3.1 million
Box office$5.2 million

Secret Ceremony is a 1968 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum. Based on the Argentine novel Ceremonia secreta by Marco Denevi, the film follows an indigent prostitute who meets a strange young girl who insists that she is her long-lost mother.