The Nanny

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Bette Davis as a nanny to a family of neurotic, overindulged, priviledged Brits. The plot is the little boy is coming home from the psych hospital where he's been for 2 yrs due to the suspicious drowning of his little sister. The kid's a brat but it turns out things aren't what they appear to be. I don't generally like Bette's later film roles; I don't like to see such a great actress as a psychotic clown as she was in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. I prefer to remember her as she was in The Little Foxes or All About Eve. In The Nanny Bette combines stiff upper lip restraint with compassion, add in only a dash of psychosis. I saw this movie for the first time on the late, late, late show and it stood out in my memory for a couple of reasons. One, the world of children vs. adults, another, I felt sorry for Bette's character, the invisible nanny who missed out on a family of her own for very little in return. The quality of the film is excellent, it's restored beautifully as everything I get from Amazon.

I have a vivid memory of watching this classic Betty Davis feature on the "Sunday Morning Movies" program that use to come on in the 60's and 70's. I happen to be a big Betty Davis fan,,,,,"Jezebel", "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane", "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte", are some of my all-time favorites, but, as a child, the movie that made the biggest impact was this often overlooked classic in which Ms. Davis used those inimitable eyes to weave a story about a secretly deranged but family-loved baby-sitter who terrorizes two young children while in her care. The story has many surprises and twists, and it will keep you riveted throughout. This is a MUST HAVE for any committed and/or casual Bette Davis fan. She was truly one of the greatest actresses whose subtle but expressive eyes were unique (and later inspired a classic song by the pop group "Blondie").

The one reviewer who gave a very low rating because of an unsatisfactory picture quality might be seeing the imperfections of a print in high definition versus a better print in lower definition dvd. I appreciated the clarity of the blu ray, grain and all. I thought the blu ray picture was good and would recommend The Nanny on blu ray, especially if this is the only chance to get it in HD.

Bette Davis is one of those actresses who is so skilled at her trade, you wish she could live forever because you want to keep seeing her work.I first saw "The Nanny" many years ago when I didn't even know what a Nanny was. Bette's makeup job was so good, I didn't recognize her until halfway through the movie. Her acting is superb; you become totally absorbed in the movie & it's easy to forget it's only a movie. The cute kids in the movie are also great, but without Bette Davis' talent for acting insane, it wouldn't have worked.

I LOVE this movie! The only reason I gave only 4 stars is because some of Bette Davis's supporting actors were sub-par. This movie has a great story and Bette is superb. Also, the child actors portray their characters excellently! Interesting to know, Pamela Franklin, who you might remember from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", plays an adorable 3 yr.old in this film!

I only saw this movie twice -first on network television in the 60s (when I was so impressionable -which made this all the better to take in), and then nearly 20 years later through some channel surfing. If you've ever thought of going into child psychology, this is a great movie for creating and debating theories. Second, you'll find yourself switching sides, taking up alliances but still not quite sure who's narrating the movie. The somber, stoically-efficient Davis, with those "eyes", gives a wonderful performance that is subtlely matched by her young co-star. See this and "Rebecca" for a great Friday night movie fest!

The Nanny from Hammer Films gives Betty Davis a lot of rope to use as she wields her nasty way to a family. The kids hate her tell the family stories,no one belives the children,Betty hates them and in this film gets her way.Betty Davis is such a great actress this is not a come down from her great roles but a little extra in her long profile of great acting roles. The film is very good I would recommend this money to a new fan and old Betty fan also Rich Spanburgh

The Nanny …. Is an intriging film! At the beginning you focus on the boy that’s been picked up at a mental home, but halfway you begin to switch to the nanny, fantasticly portraited by Bette Davis! She turns out to be a traumatized woman! She was very good at that genre…. “Hush hush sweet Charlotte “ and “What ever happened to Baby Jane”… Bette was a true timeless actress, excellent in acting!!! Bette Davis was made for it…. always loved her style!!!

The video quality is excellent on this film, but the audio quality is very bad. There is a lot of hiss during dialogue and it gets worse whenever the dialogue stops. I can't understand why the effort is made to restore the picture quality, and the audio is left in such bad condition. That's why I give this 3 stars. Noel Fitzgerald.

Confessions à Un Cadavre French Blu-ray edition... Picture and sound quality is fair. Whilst the soundtrack is in the original English, the French language subtitles are embedded and cannot be removed.

Expected this to be really scary as it was Hammer, but peculiarly disappointed : strange film which doesn't seem to know where it's going; felt it to be confused, could've been far more affective if placed in the hands of a different creative team.

This is an excellent clear transfer in widescreen format. Unlike one of the other reviewers here I was very disappointed by the commentary, by the producer, continuity lady and a Hammer historian. Most of the time they just ignored the movie and chatted about rather obscure matters of studio history, there were a few interesting snippets about Bette Davies and that was about all. I am not uninterested in background material to productions or in movie history but this just left me cold.