Quite the contrary, this is a hugely atmospheric and very suspenseful pot-boiler and perhaps even one of Hammer's most underrated efforts ever. By no means, however, this means that "The Nanny" is an inferior thriller production. "The Nanny" probably just started out as an attempt to cash in on the immense success of lead actress Bette Davis (who starred in "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" the previous years) and who knows - maybe even the profitable concept of "Mary Poppins", since that classic also revolved on the nanny/children relationship albeit a much happier and cheerful one. Reviewed by Coventry 8 / 10 It's SUPER-califragilisticexpialido-CREEPY! Joey contends the nanny was responsible for his little sister's death, and only the upstairs neighbour girl believes him.-alfiehitchie Suspicion arises again when his mother is poisoned, and Joey continues to insist Nanny is responsible. He returns to an unloving father, fragile mother, and doting nanny - whom he hates.
Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed children's home where he'd spent two years undergoing treatment for drowning his little sister in the bath.
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