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The Innocents

Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?

7.5(701)19611h 40m3

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

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Status
Released
Budget
$430K
Box office
$1.2M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • england
  • supernatural
  • haunted house
  • haunting
  • possession
  • black and white
  • ghost story
  • ghost
  • governess
  • possessed child

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Jack Clayton

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR15 Dec 1961
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRated X24 Nov 1961
    • Theatrical12ARe-release9 Dec 2005
    • Physical12DVD11 Dec 2006
    • Theatrical12ARe-release11 Jun 2013
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical12Fox Home mj.gov.br31 May 2005
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical18 May 1962
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical23 May 1962
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical16DVD31 May 2005
    • Physical16Blu ray23 Aug 2010
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical2 Oct 1963

Frequently asked questions

The Innocents was released on 24 November 1961.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    11/2/2013

    9.5/10

    The Innocents (1961) Oh willow I die, oh willow I die... Based on Henry James' novel, The Turn Of The Screw, The Innocents is a thoroughly absorbing chiller that pot boils with almost unbearably knowing glee as to what it's doing to the viewer. Deborah Kerr stars as Miss Giddens, the lady hired by Michael Redgrave to act as governess to his young niece and nephew. We find ourselves in Victorian Engla…

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    Wuchak

    6/7/2021

    6/10

    _**Low-key Gothic horror with Deborah Kerr**_ A new governess (Deborah Kerr) takes over as nanny of two orphaned siblings at a remote English manor at the turn of the century, but there’s a secretive past to the situation and seemingly ghostly happenings. Pamela Franklin plays the girl. "The Innocents” (1961) is a cinematic version of Henry James 1898 novella “The Turn of the Screw,” shot in B&W. It’s technic…

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    Dr Nostromo

    7/27/2026

    6/10

    63/100 Hired as governess for two children a woman soon realizes they aren't quite normal ...and now she's seeing ghosts. A classic ghost story with the performances the highlight of the film, especially Deborah Kerr at her very best and the two children excelling at creepy. The photography was exceptional with what appeared to be a slight fish-eyed distortion what was barely perceptibly but unsettling. I had issu…

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