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The Nightcomers

  • 19711971
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  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.7K
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Marlon Brando in The Nightcomers (1971)
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Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after.Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after.Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.7K
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    • Michael Winner
    • Michael Hastings
    • Henry James(based on characters from 'The Turn of the Screw' by)
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Stephanie Beacham
    • Thora Hird
    • Michael Winner
    • Michael Hastings
    • Henry James(based on characters from 'The Turn of the Screw' by)
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Stephanie Beacham
    • Thora Hird
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    • 40User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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    Marlon Brando
    Marlon Brando
    • Peter Quint
    Stephanie Beacham
    Stephanie Beacham
    • Miss Jessel
    Thora Hird
    Thora Hird
    • Mrs. Grose
    Harry Andrews
    Harry Andrews
    • Master of the House
    Verna Harvey
    Verna Harvey
    • Flora
    Christopher Ellis
    • Miles
    Anna Palk
    Anna Palk
    • New Governess
      • Michael Winner
      • Michael Hastings
      • Henry James(based on characters from 'The Turn of the Screw' by)
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    • Trivia
      Marlon Brando once approached director Michael Winner on the set and requested that the script be rewritten, to which Winner responded: "Marlon, you've had the script for nine months, we haven't got time to redo the whole bloody thing now, thank you very much. It's a low budget film and you had a great deal of time to make this speech. It's no good making it standing in a country lane in Cambridgeshire with Francis Ford Coppola behind the barrier with the crowd watching. This is not the time dear - I'm terribly sorry".
    • Quotes

      Peter Quint: If you love someone, you want to kill them.

    • Alternate versions
      For its original UK cinema release the film was heavily cut by the BBFC and removed most of the shots of the bound Miss Jessel during the sexual bondage scenes. Later video and DVD releases were fully uncut.
    • Connections
      Followed by The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

    User reviews40

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    5/10
    An interesting Gothic horror film from '71-72
    The review in London's Time Out Film Guide slags off this horror vehicle from '71-72. In the '60s Brando's career had dipped but his cameo as the earthy sensual Irish valet Peter Quint shows just what flair he had at a fallow time and is worth reappraising in line with his flair performance in the adventure film Burn! (1968-1971) produced prior to this Late-Victorian set prequel to Henry James' Turn of the Screw and his renaissance in The Godfather ('71-72) and Last Tango in Paris ('72-73). In appearance he sports a thick tweed jacket, long silverhair and striped collarless shirt and those handsome aquiline chiselled facial features. He is fascinating to watch whether stumbling home from a country pub whilst drunk, imbibing whiskey from a flask while sporting a dinner jacket and upturned collar, or reciting stories from his past to the entranced child characters. The early-'70s were pioneering years and it is fascinating to see US actor Brando recorded in that time and space in Cambridgeshire. Filmed at Sawston Hall, Sawston, Cambridgeshire and Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits, Cambridge in the winter of '70-71. Good support is given by Lancashire actress Thora Hird as Mrs Grose.
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    • Release date
      • February 18, 1972 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits, Fulbourn Rd, Cambridge CB1 9JL, UK
    • Production companies
      • Elliott Kastner-Jay Kanter-Alan Ladd Jnr Productions
      • Scimitar Productions
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
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