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The Nanny

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The Nanny (1965)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 8  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Synopsis: This suspenseful chiller concerns a nanny who's suspected of drowning a young girl in her charge. Then the victim's brother Joey, who was sent away after his sister's death, returns home from a school for the mentally disturbed. The boy begins an intense cat-and-mouse game with the... This suspenseful chiller concerns a nanny who's suspected of drowning a young girl in her charge. Then the victim's brother Joey, who was sent away after his sister's death, returns home from a school for the mentally disturbed. The boy begins an intense cat-and-mouse game with the governess. Who killed the baby girl -- was it her 10-year-old brother, or her doting nanny? [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, James Villiers, William Dix, Jill Bennett

Director: Seth Holt

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 8, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Mono - English, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Galleries - 1. Interactive Pressbook Gallery
  • 2. Poster Gallery
  • 3. Lobby Card Gallery
  • Stills/Photos

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... The Nanny holds up considerably well today as a slight, but unsettling, thriller.

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04/15/08
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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2.5/4

A rather quiet, cautious thriller that gives Davis more room for characterization than most of her later films.

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03/31/08
Dan Callahan
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Howard Thompson
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3/5

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11/23/04
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

Bette Davis as the baddest of nannies. Scary in its modest way.

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08/30/04
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
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5/5

Fantastic. Davis is perfectly creepy.

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08/04/04
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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Bette Davis is electrifyingly frightening as the prim and proper nanny.

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02/17/04
Dennis Schwartz
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10/31/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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05/24/03
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Dreary, bizarrely overrated thriller distinguished only by Bette Davis.

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01/22/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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01/01/00
Almar Haflidason
BBC
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