The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

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1959
1h 22m
7.0(1 votes)
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In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

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