The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Trust is her weapon. Innocence her opportunity. Revenge her only desire.
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny.Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family.The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
- Director
- Curtis Hanson
- Worldwide
- $88M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
13 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
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The record
Awards
1 win
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Villain
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle returned 7.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $88M
- Release date
- Jan 10, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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