Our Mother's House (1967)

Directed by

Jack Clayton

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children living alone in a London house cover up their mother's death to avoid being split up. Their secret life unravels when their estranged father returns, bringing control and danger into their isolated world.

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What happens

Our Mother's House is a 1967 British drama thriller film directed by Jack Clayton. It nominally stars Dirk Bogarde (who only appears in the film's second half) and principally features a cast of seven juvenile actors, including Pamela Franklin, Phoebe Nicholls and Mark Lester, with popular British actress Yootha Joyce in a supporting role. The screenplay was written by Jeremy Brooks and Haya Harareet, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Julian Gloag. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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