Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- england
- supernatural
- haunted house
- haunting
- possession
- black and white
- ghost story
- ghost
- governess
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Martin Stephens — Miles
- Pamela Franklin — Flora
- Clytie Jessop — Miss Jessel
- Isla Cameron — Anna
- Eric Woodburn — Coachman (uncredited)
- Directed
- Jack Clayton
- Written
- William Archibald, Truman Capote
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 676 ratings
- Studio
- Achilles, 20th Century Fox
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
