The Turn of the Screw | Adaptations
In 1961, for Twentieth-Century Fox, Jack Clayton directed a very successful film version of James's story entitled The Innocents using a script by William Archibald and Truman Capote that remains generally faithful to the original. As the governess, Deborah Kerr endows her character with an intense sensitivity and convincingly portrays her complicated responses to seemingly supernatural events which sometimes make her doubt her own sanity. The two children, interpreted by Martin Stephens and Pamela Franklin, project a perfect blend of innocence and duplicity. The interior settings...
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