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Deborah Kerr
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Mrs. Grose
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Review 2DiscussionA review by John Chard
9.5
Written by John Chard on Sat Nov 02 2013
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 ourselves in Victorian England, out on some country estate at Bly Mansion, where the children are angelic and enchanting in equal measure. Yet there’s an eeriness hanging over this place and it starts to seemi...
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