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The Nightcomers (1971) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1971 · 96 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Michael Winner
- Starring
- Marlon Brando, Harry Andrews, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Christopher Ellis, Anna Palk
Two children are placed under the watch of two adults, whose unspeakable crime sets in motion the events leading to the deaths of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. As a prequel to Henry James’s Turn of the Screw, the story traces the slow moral corruption of the youngsters in their care.
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