The Nanny is a 1965 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Seth Holt, and starring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, and Jill Bennett. Davis plays a devoted nanny caring for a 10-year-old boy recently discharged from a home for disturbed children. It is based on the novel of the same title by Evelyn Piper and was scored by Richard Rodney Bennett. It was made by Hammer Film Productions at Elstree Studios.
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Seth Holt was a Palestinian-born British film director, producer and editor. His films are characterized by their tense atmosphere and suspense, as well as their striking visual style. In the 1960s, Movie magazine championed Holt as one of the finest talents working in the British film industry, although his output was notably sparse.
On the set of directorial debut Nowhere to Go (1958)