The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

Year: 1959

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Director: John Frankenheimer

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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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