The Unseen

1945

Drama / Film-Noir / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 14% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 14%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 942 942

nanny film noir

Plot summary

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.

Director

Lewis Allen Photo
Lewis Allen

Top cast

Gail Russell Photo
Gail Russell as Elizabeth Howard
Mary Field Photo
Mary Field as Miss Budge
Joel McCrea Photo
Joel McCrea as David Fielding
Victoria Horne Photo
Victoria Horne as Lily
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743.19 MB
960*720
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 2
1.35 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ulicknormanowen 6 / 10

The innocents

Lewis Allen brilliantly succeeded in his fantasy and horror movie "the uninvited" which avoided the paraphernalia of the genre: the threats were suggested, the ghosts were never shown ;the atmosphere,the noises created anguish , and it paved a reliable way to superior works such as Wise' s 'the haunting" (1963)"the unseen " is more of the same ,but it's less successful ; there's similarities with Henry James ' "turn of the screw " tranferred to the screen by Jack Clayton as "the innocents" (1961) starring Deborah Kerr ,the children are not unlike Miles and Flora."The unseen" creates a disturbing atmosphere (helped by Gail Russell's superb eyes ) but the screenplay drags on and the denouement is finally rather disappointing ,considering the good ideas which promised more : the little girl's scrapbook with fairy tales (Snowwhite) pictures which ,unexpectedly,contains a news item depicting a murder in the house next door .The fans of the unfortunate Russell would not want to miss this one, but they should see "the night has a thousand eyes" (1948),based on a William Irish novel,where her eyes match the stars in the dark night.
Reviewed by Hitchcoc 6 / 10

A Few Chills

A governess walks into a situation that tests her mettle. The father is cold and unfriendly and while she makes friends with the little girl, the boy immediately despises her. The pacing is weak and the plot rather stretched, but it keeps one's interest. There is some gaslighting going on, but mostly its a very basic mystery. The little boy is really quite good in his derisive role. Some of the significant events unfold too fast and we really don't understand why people keep coming and going.
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