The Turn of the Screw (1959)

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This is a Ford Startime TV special. A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
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Oct 20, 1959
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This is a Ford Startime TV special. A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.

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