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The Innocents

  • 7.7 /10

  • 642

  • 95%

Plot

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Cast

Deborah Kerr as Miss Giddens
Deborah Kerr

as Miss Giddens

Peter Wyngarde as Peter Quint
Peter Wyngarde

as Peter Quint

Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Grose
Megs Jenkins

as Mrs. Grose

Michael Redgrave as The Uncle
Michael Redgrave

as The Uncle

Martin Stephens as Miles
Martin Stephens

as Miles

Pamela Franklin as Flora
Pamela Franklin

as Flora

Clytie Jessop as Miss Jessel
Clytie Jessop

as Miss Jessel

Isla Cameron as Anna
Isla Cameron

as Anna

Eric Woodburn as Coachman (uncredited)
Eric Woodburn

as Coachman (uncredited)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • November 24, 1961

Production Companies

  • Achilles

  • 20th Century Fox

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $430,000.00

Revenue

  • $1,200,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.67 hrs

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The Innocents (1961) Oh willow I die, oh willow I die... Based on Henry James' novel, The Turn Of The Screw, The Innocents is a thoroughly absorbing chiller that pot boils with almost unbearably knowing glee as to what it's doing to the viewer. Deborah Kerr stars as Miss Giddens, the lady hired by Michael Redgrave to act as governess to his young niece and nephew. We find ourselv…

_**Low-key Gothic horror with Deborah Kerr**_ A new governess (Deborah Kerr) takes over as nanny of two orphaned siblings at a remote English manor at the turn of the century, but there’s a secretive past to the situation and seemingly ghostly happenings. Pamela Franklin plays the girl. "The Innocents” (1961) is a cinematic version of Henry James 1898 novella “The Turn of the Screw,” shot…