Joey, troubled young son to emotional mother Wendy Craig and strict father James Villiers returns home after 2 years care following a tragedy where his little sister drowned and he blamed the long time family nanny - Bette Davis. Still hating the nanny, no-one will believe Joey except his friend Pamela Franklin from the flat above, regarding the past and now, when Wendy Craig is poisoned.
Intelligent, well crafted Hitchcockian thriller held together with excellent performances all around from the kids, Wendy Craig and Jill Bennett as her sister. Throughout it all of course is Davis who has created a wonderful menacing nutter, who is far more complex than is first viewed. Her purposeful staring face is quite something to behold.
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