seven child continue in our mother house after she die in this 1967 film star dirk bogarde and pamela franklin and and mark lester and and direct by jack clayton . a very ill and religious woman and the mother of seven and die suddenly at home . her child and afraid of be separate and bury her in the garden and continue to live a if nothing have happen and forge her monthly annuity check . one day and their long absent father ( bogarde ) reappear . base on a novel by julian gloag and haya harareet ( heston ben hur co star ) and jeremy brook fashion an excellent screenplay and beautifully direct by jack clayton and a true master ( the innocent and the pumpkin eater ) . with a dark and spooky atmosphere inside a big old house and he create the world in which the child live and one where they care for one another and pray and and communicate nightly with their mother . when charlie hook and their father arrives and that all change and and the world come rush in . at first and charlie be what be need his presence mean theyre safe from the outside world and but gradually and even his supporter among the child begin to see that he a danger . clayton manage to bring in an incestuous undertone without overtly show any incest in the day when director need to adhere to certain code and they call upon their imagination . it make film more subtle and definitely more interesting to watch . the acting be superb . bogarde be in top form a the at first lovable charlie and who and a he do in the servant and gradually become more sinister . pamela franklin be marvelous a diana and one of the old child while all of the child be excellent clayton be no stranger to direct child and and his deft hand be show here . perhaps not a well know film in the u. s. and our mother house will make a lasting impression .