The Nanny (1965 film)

The Nanny
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Seth Holt
Produced by	Jimmy Sangster
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Starring	Bette Davis William Dix Wendy Craig Jill Bennett
Music by	Richard Rodney Bennett
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Edited by	Tom Simpson
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation Hammer Film Productions Seven Arts
Distributed by	Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK) 20th Century Fox (USA)
Release dates	7 November 1965 (UK) 27 October 1965 (U.S.)
Running time	91 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$1,300,000 (estimated)
Box office	$2 million (US/ Canada)^[1]

The Nanny is a 1965 British suspense film directed by Seth Holt and starring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig and Jill Bennett. Davis appears as a supposedly devoted nanny caring for a ten-year-old boy recently discharged from a home for disturbed children. It is based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Piper (a pseudonym for Merriam Modell), and the film was scored by Richard Rodney Bennett. The film was made by Hammer Film Productions at Elstree Studios.

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Joey Fane returns home from the special school he has attended since the death of his toddler sister. At home he creates a terrible fuss, moving from the bedroom Nanny has prepared for him to one with a strong lock and access to the fire escape, refusing to eat anything Nanny cooks and adamant that Nanny shall not come near him. He also accuses Nanny of trying to kill him.

Nanny runs the Fane household, but in practice infantilizes the women of the Fane family. Everyone assumes Joey is deeply disturbed and dangerous, but it emerges he is quite right to be afraid of Nanny.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Bette Davis	Nanny
William Dix	Joey Fane
Wendy Craig	Virginia "Virgie" Fane
Jill Bennett	Aunt Pen
James Villiers	Bill Fane
Pamela Franklin	Bobby Medman
Jack Watling	Dr. Medman
Maurice Denham	Dr. Beamaster
Alfred Burke	Dr. Wills
Angharad Aubrey	Susy Fane

Critical reception

The Nanny has been well received by critics. It currently holds a 91% approval rating on movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on eleven reviews.^[2]

AllMovie called it "one of Hammer Films' better non-supernatural outings of the 1960s".^[3]

The movie screening rights were sold to American television for nearly $400,000.^[4]

References

↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p230 Please note figures are rentals not total gross. See also "Top Grossers of 1965", Variety, 5 January 1966 p 36
↑ "The Nanny - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
↑ Guarisco, Donald. "The Nanny (1965) - Review - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
↑ Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p.258

External links

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Mummy films	The Mummy (1959) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) The Mummy's Shroud (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Twins of Evil (1971)

Dick Barton films	Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) Dick Barton at Bay (1950)

Quatermass films	The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Robin Hood films	The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

On the Buses films	On the Buses (1971) Mutiny on the Buses (1972) Holiday on the Buses (1973)

The Woman in Black films	The Woman in Black (2012) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)

See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) The Shadow of the Cat (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) The Gorgon (1964) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) The Reptile (1966) The Witches (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) Vampire Circus (1972) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Horror films	The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) Demons of the Mind (1972) Beyond the Rave (2008) Let Me In (2010) Wake Wood (2011) The Quiet Ones (2014)

Thriller films	The Man in Black (1949) The Black Widow (1951) The Snorkel (1958) Hell Is a City (1960) The Full Treatment (1960) Taste of Fear (1961) Cash on Demand (1961) The Maniac (1963) Paranoiac (1963) Nightmare (1964) Fanatic (1965) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965) Crescendo (1970) Straight On till Morning (1972) Fear in the Night (1972)

Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle (1953) Spaceways (1953) X the Unknown (1956) The Abominable Snowman (1957) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Damned (1963) The Lost Continent (1968) Moon Zero Two (1969)

Mystery films	Death in High Heels (1947) Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) The Rossiter Case (1951) Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) Mantrap (1953) The Saint's Return (1953) Blood Orange (1953) The Glass Cage (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Crime drama films	Cloudburst (1951) The Last Page (1952) Wings of Danger (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1953) The Flanagan Boy (1953) 36 Hours (1953) Face the Music (1954) The House Across the Lake (1954) Murder by Proxy (1954) Five Days (1954) A Stranger Came Home (1954) Third Party Risk (1954) Women Without Men (1956)

Drama films	Song of Freedom (1936) Never Look Back (1952) Mask of Dust (1954) Break in the Circle (1955) Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) Captain Clegg (1962) Man at the Top (1973) The Resident (2011)

Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Shatter (1974)

Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds (1949) Passport to China (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) The Scarlet Blade (1963) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) She (1965) One Million Years B.C. (1966) Prehistoric Women (1967) The Viking Queen (1967) The Vengeance of She (1968) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) Sporting Love (1936) The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) Someone at the Door (1950) What the Butler Saw (1950) Life with the Lyons (1954) The Lyons in Paris (1955) Up the Creek (1958) I Only Arsked! (1958) Further Up the Creek (1958) Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) Watch it, Sailor! (1961) A Weekend with Lulu (1961) The Old Dark House (1963) The Anniversary (1968) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)

War films	The Steel Bayonet (1957) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

See also	Hammer filmography

The films of Seth Holt

Nowhere to Go (1958) Taste of Fear (1961) Station Six-Sahara (1962) The Nanny (1965) Danger Route (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

Films by Jimmy Sangster

As writer	A Man on the Beach (1955) X the Unknown (1956) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Dracula (1958) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Intent to Kill (1958) The Snorkel (1958) Blood of the Vampire (1958) The Trollenberg Terror (1958) Jack the Ripper (1959) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Mummy (1959) The Brides of Dracula (1960) The Criminal (1960) The Siege of Sidney Street (1960) The Hellfire Club (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) Taste of Fear (1961, also producer) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) Paranoiac (1963, also producer) The Maniac (1963, also producer) Nightmare (1964, also producer) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965, also producer) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Deadlier Than the Male (1967) The Anniversary (1968, also producer) Foreign Exchange (1970, also producer) Crescendo (1970) A Taste of Evil (1971) Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) The Legacy (1978) Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979, also producer) No Place to Hide (1981) The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

As director	The Horror of Frankenstein (1970, also writer) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Fear in the Night (1972, also writer)

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