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The Innocents
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
1961 · Directed by Jack Clayton · 100 min · Horror · Mystery · Drama · 20 frames
Tagline
Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?
Crew
- Screenplay: Truman Capote, William Archibald
- Cinematography: Freddie Francis
- Edited by: Jim Clark
- Music: Georges Auric
- Produced by: Jack Clayton
Cast
- Deborah Kerr as Miss Giddens
- Peter Wyngarde as Peter Quint
- Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Grose
- Michael Redgrave as The Uncle
- Martin Stephens as Miles
- Pamela Franklin as Flora
- Clytie Jessop as Miss Jessel
- Isla Cameron as Anna
- Eric Woodburn as Coachman (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Achilles, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $430,000
- Box office: $1,200,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, england, supernatural, haunted house, haunting, possession, black and white, ghost story, ghost, governess
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