7.8 Score

1965 • 1h 31min • Approved • Horror, Thriller, Drama

The Nanny

"Nanny wasn't responsible . . . WAS SHE?"

Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.

IMDb 7.1

RT 86%

Director

Seth Holt

Writers

Marryam Modell

Jimmy Sangster

Composer

Richard Rodney Bennett

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Bette Davis

Nanny

Wendy Craig

Virginia 'Virgie' Fane

Jill Bennett

Aunt Pen

James Villiers

Bill Fane

William Dix

Joey Fane

Pamela Franklin

Bobbie Medman

Jack Watling

Dr. Medman

Maurice Denham

Dr. Beamaster

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