The Chalk Garden

Ronald Neame (The Odessa File) directs this stately adaptation of Enid Bagnold's play which tells of a haughty matriarch (Edith Evans, The Whisperers) who employs a governess (Deborah Kerr, The Innocents) with a shadowy past to take care of her troubled teenage granddaughter (Hayley Mills, Take a Girl Like You, Endless Night), and her neglected garden. John Mills (Town on Trial, The Wrong Box) plays the butler who develops a soft spot for the governess, and navigates the fraught interpersonal relationships of the house. A hit with audiences upon its original release, The Chalk Garden benefits from a nuanced screenplay by the great John Michael Hayes (Rear Window) and tasteful photography by Arthur Ibbetson (Where Eagles Dare, Fanatic).

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: Lucy Bolton and Josephine Botting (film historians)., Documentaries: 'Clever Conversation' (2021); 'Loved and Envied' (2021); 'Fertile Ground' (2021)., Image Gallery, Interviews: Ronald Neame (director)., 8mm location footage., Trailers

Actors: Tonie MacMillan, Toke Townley, Lally Bowers, Dame Edith Evans, Elizabeth Sellars, Hayley Mills, Felix Aylmer, Deborah Kerr, John Mills, Deborah Kerr, John Mills, Edith Evans

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 107 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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