"THE NANNY is a bit of an oddity, even amongst the rest of the studio's Hitchcock/Clouzot output: most of the horror is implied rather than supplied (not that that's a bad thing- it did Jacques Tourneur proud until the producers got their hands on him) and most of the suspense, save for one or two visual sections, is actually executed through conversation rather than action. Furthermore, whilst it may have a central (juvenile) male protagonist, who in turn has a close female ally, it has absolutely no hero or heroine. Rather, it relies on the simultaneous subtlety and immenseness of Bette Davis' performance (OK, and Pamela Franklin's legs) to carry the viewer through." - Drewe Shimon, Brit Movie