The Innocents

Miss Giddens, whom Kerr agreeably claimed was her best role, is a high-strung woman whose outspoken love for children may not be quite as selfless as it seems.

Clayton brilliantly uses slow dissolves to create ghostly superimpositions, and the harmless squeals of bath-time fun, or squeakings of a pencil, suggest uncanny screams.

Jack Clayton’s immaculate directorial skill is equalled by that of cinematographer Freddie Francis...

The greatness of Clayton's endeavour derives from the manner in which he has adroitly delivers his literary source material in an indelible cinematic tenor.

...The Innocents isn’t just Clayton’s masterpiece, it’s one of the greats of British cinema...