explored, particularly in the late years of her career. This 1972 adaptation, scripted and directed by seasoned British filmmaker Sidney Gilliat, is indeed a strange
duck: a compelling tale of
small, unsettling phenomena and events, but with no defining mystery, no apparent crime to pull the details together--not until quite late in the story, that is. Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett, partnered together in several films ( The Family Way , Twisted Nerve ) during the 1960s and '70s, play an American heiress and an underemployed London chauffeur who marry and move into a dream house designed for them by a world-class architect (Per Oscarsson). In
short order, things begin to get
mighty weird. A crazy old woman stomps around t...
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Director: Sidney Gilliat ♦ Actors: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, George Sanders, Steven Wallen
