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Acting
Hywel Bennett's voice switch from Martin to Georgie is genuinely chilling
Score
Bernard Herrmann's nursery-rhyme theme that haunts your brain for days
Direction
Boulting's restraint makes the violence land harder when it comes
Director
Roy Boulting
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