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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1961 DVD Release: 09/06/2005 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Horror, Haunted House Film, Supernatural Horror, Gothic Film

In this lugubrious but brilliantly realized adaptation of Henry James' classic novella -The Turn of the Screw, 19th century British governess Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) arrives at a bleak mansion to take care of Flora (Pamela Franklin) and Miles (Martin Stephens), the wealthy household's two children. Outwardly the children are little darlings, but the governess begins to feel that there's something unwholesome behind those beatific smiles. After several disturbing examples of the children's evil impulses, Miss Giddens gets information from the housekeeper (Megs Jenkins) that suggests that the children may be possessed by malign spirits -- or are all these events just the products of Miss Giddens's own imagination? The best and most frightening vignette in The Innocents occurs when the governess casually kisses young Miles, then recoils in horror when she realizes that someone other than Miles has kissed her back. Unlike many CinemaScope productions, The Innocents plays better in the claustrophobic confines of the TV screen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Deborah Kerr - Miss Giddens
Megs Jenkins - Mrs. Grose
Pamela Franklin - Flora
Martin Stephens - Miles
Michael Redgrave - The Uncle
Peter Wyngarde - Peter Quint