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The Innocents is a 1961 gothic psychological horror film directed and produced by Jack Clayton, and starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, and Megs Jenkins.
In late nineteenth century England, Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) becomes governess of a small orphan girl living in a lonely stately home occupied only by the child, a housekeeper, and a small complement of servants.
Creepily atmospheric, The Innocents is a stylishly crafted, chilling British ghost tale with Deborah Kerr at her finest. Read Critics Reviews
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- Deborah Kerr
- Jack Clayton
- Twentieth Century Fox
A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematography by Freddie Francis.
- Miss Giddens
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Innocents, The (1961) - (Original Trailer) A governess (Deborah Kerr) believes her charges possessed in the best adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, The Innocents, 1961, directed by Jack Clayton.
- Jack Clayton, Michael Birkett, Ken Softley
- Deborah Kerr
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The Innocents, British horror film, released in 1961, that is widely considered one of the best ghost stories ever filmed and the finest screen adaptation of Henry James’s novella The Turn of the Screw (1898). Deborah Kerr portrayed Miss Giddens, a spinster governess, hired by an affluent bachelor.
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