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The Nightcomers (Original title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 25 January 1971 (Production), 29 October 1972 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Michael Winner

Synopsis: The film explores a theory of what might have caused the two children from Henry James' novel "The turn of the Screw", to turn into monsters.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Children
Releases
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8640 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Video Ltd
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (29)
©/Presents: Avco Embassy Pictures, Made by: Motion Picture and Theatrical Investments, Presents: Joseph E. Levine, Presents: Kastner-Ladd-Kanter, Scimitar Films, Produced by: Michael Winner, Producer: Jay Kanter, Production Manager: James M. Crawford, Production Supervisor: Clifton Brandon, Assistant Director: Michael Dryhurst, Continuity: Pamela Carlton, Written by: Michael Hastings, Based on characters from "The Turn of the Screw" by: Henry James, Director of Photography: Robert Paynter, Camera Operator: Tony Troke, Supervising Editor: Freddie Wilson, Art Director: Herbert Westbrook, Assistant [Art Director]: Bill Bennison, Property Master: Ray Traynor, Construction Manager: Sid Nightingale, Wardrobe: Ray Beck, Make-up: Richard Mills, Hairdressing: Stephanie Kaye, Music Composed and Conducted by: Jerry Fielding, Sound Recordist: Chris Kent, Hugh Strain, Dubbing Editor: Terence Rawlings, Dialogue Editor: Russ Hill
Cast (7)
Marlon Brando (Peter Quint), Stephanie Beacham (Miss Margaret Jessel), Thora Hird (Mrs Grose), Harry Andrews (master of the house), Verna Harvey (Flora), Christopher Ellis (Miles), Anna Palk (new governess)