The Nanny is not especially ambitious, so one must settle for the small pleasures and chills that it offers.
The Nanny (1965)
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Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 9
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... 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]
Starring: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, James Villiers, William Dix
Starring: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, James Villiers, William Dix, Jill Bennett
Director: Seth Holt
Director: Seth Holt
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Reviews for The Nanny
... The Nanny holds up considerably well today as a slight, but unsettling, thriller.
A rather quiet, cautious thriller that gives Davis more room for characterization than most of her later films.
Bette Davis is electrifyingly frightening as the prim and proper nanny.
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