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The Nanny [1965]
starring: Jill Bennett, Bette Davis, Wendy Craig
directed by: Seth Holt

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060034577508
Format: Full Screen, PAL
Label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Optimum Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: January 29, 2007
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1965
Sales Rank: 2994

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Unusual Hammer film
Bette Davis stars in the title role of this much better than average Hammer film from the mid 1960's. Shot in crisp black and white, with excellent performances from the cast, this is certainly one of Hammers best efforts. It benefits strongly from being a subtle thriller, rather than the gothic blood soaked efforts the company is more famous for.

It is cleverly written so that it is never clear until quite near the end of the film exactly who is the guilty one. Without giving too much away the crux of the story is which one of The Nanny or the 10 year old boy is the unhinged one. Could it be both of them? I have only watched the DVD once, and will probably watch it again just to make sure I've understood it correctly!

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- Bette Davis, the Nanny from Hell!
An apparently wicked 10 year old boy is released from an institution for allegedly killing his younger sister, and, once ensconced in the middle class family home, the film explores the tensions between him and the family's Nanny... Is he really evil or is there something about the nanny we (or his parents) don't know? Bette Davis is superb as the sinister Nanny,in a performance remisnicent of her roles in 'Whatever happened to Baby Jane' and 'Hush hush sweet Charlotte.' And Wendy Craig is effective as the neurotic, dependent mother.But perhaps the best performance is the young Seth Holt's as the troubled boy, Joey. This is a great Hammer film and a rejoinder to its detractors, proof that the studio could produce well scripted quality thrillers ... Read More:

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- An interesting psychological drama
The Nanny is 90 minutes of psychological drama and is a very clever and watchable movie.

The basic story is that a 10 year old boy (Joey) is released from some kind of mental institution/care home and is returned to his upper crust family. However, he remains an extremely troublesome (and sometimes funny) little character. His sister died in a drowning accident a few years back and it looks like he's culpable to some extent. He's also extremely paranoid of the nanny (Bette Davis) and is convinced that she's trying to poison him. The two clearly don't get on and the plot unravels from there.

This film has a Alfred Hitchcock feel to it (even in its use of music) and also has some shades of Kathy Bates in Misery. I wasn't ... Read More:

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- Full of 'edge of your seat' suspense!

So many people associate Wendy Craig with comedy roles only; many are either too young, or simply don't remember that she once played along side such diverse actors and Hollywood Greats as Dirke Bogarde and Bette Davis. In this - probably her greatest movie, she gives an award-winning performance as the neurotic wife of a handsome Queen's Messenger (played by James Villiers) with a disturbed ten-year old son.

This movie could not go wrong with such a strong cast which included so many familiar greats as; Maurice Denham, Pamela Franklin and Jill Bennett to mention just one or two. Each actor gives their best in this gripping thriller from the outset. This movie is not least made so great by no less than three wonderfully talented ... Read More:

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- "What HAPPENED!!"
An excellent chiller here from Hammer (1965) crisply shot in black and white, Bette Davis, for once underplays her role as a family Nanny to an affluent London household. With a superb and solid British supporting cast including Wendy Craig and Jill Bennett. Young William Dix plays the 10 year old boy. There will be no spoilers here, however credit has to go to Jill Bennett as 'Aunt Penn' whose acting is excellent and soon discovers 'Nanny' is not all she seems to be...
Chilling and disturbing.

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