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The Turn of the Screw (1959) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language
1959 · 82 mins · English
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Starring
Ingrid Bergman, Isobel Elsom, Laurinda Barrett, Hayward Morse, Paul Stevens, Alexandra Wager

In this Ford Startime television special, a newly appointed governess arrives at an isolated manor to care for two young siblings. Soon she is haunted by visions of her deceased predecessor, and she begins to wonder whether the children are experiencing the same spectral presence.

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