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The Nightcomers


Director: Michael Winner

Genre: Drama

Year: 1971

Running time: 96 minutes

Territory: UK and Ireland

Studio: StudioCanal

Cast: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, Verna Harvey

Based on the characters from Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw" but set before that story, the film centers on Peter (Marlon Brando), a gardener at a remote country estate in England, who begins a kinky sexual relationship with nurse Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham). What they do not realize is that two children, siblings who live at the manor, Flora (Verna Harvey) and Miles (Christopher Ellis), have seen and taken to imitating their adult behavior, which will lead to trouble for all.




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