“The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” quotes
(1992)
Title The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Year 1992
Director Curtis Hanson
Genre Drama, Thriller
Year 1992
Director Curtis Hanson
Genre Drama, Thriller
Plot – During an examination, Claire Bartel is harassed by gynecologist Dr. Victor Mott. Four other patients associate to her complaints and Mott is suspended. He then commits suicide and his pregnant widow Peyton loses her baby on the same day Claire is having her one. Peyton is determined to take revenge, so she manages to get hired as a nanny in Bartel family. At first she secretly nurses baby Joe, then she makes Claire believe her husband is having an affair with Marlene, her dear friend, until Marlene discovers Peyton is a psychopath. Trying to advise Claire, she's brutally murdered. At Mott's Claire sees a nursery decorated with the same things Peyton has put in Joe's room and immediately the nanny is expelled by Bartel's house but she attacks the couple. In the final scuffle, Peyton falls from a window and dies.
All actors – Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Julianne Moore, Ernie Hudson, Madeline Zima, John de Lancie, Kevin Skousen, Mitchell Laurance, Justin Zaremby, Eric Melander, Jennifer Melander, Ashley Melander, Cliff Lenz, Penny LeGate, Mary Anne Owen, Therese Tinling, Todd Jamieson, Laura Ferri, Dee Dee Van Zyl, Cristine McMurdo-Wallis, Sara Jennifer Sharp, Susan Chin, Kimberly Hill, Jane Jones, Ericka Matson, Robert James, Aimee Kanemori, Elane Micklesen, Brian T. Finney, Stephen West, David Scully, Julie Clemmons, Joseph Franklin, Tom Francis, Jeff Conkel, Patrick Ryals, Charles Lucia, Rachel Glenn, Valerie Masterson
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“- Marlene 'Marl' Craven: These days a woman can feel incompetent if she doesn't make time for blowjobs and a home-made lasagna.
- Marty Craven: Marlene was never much of a cook.”“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”
“- Peyton: My husband was my only family. He's the only one who really understood me... He took care of me. He was murdered.
- Claire: Murdered?
- Peyton: They never caught who did it. But I firmly believe, what goes around comes around.”“- Marlene 'Marl' Craven: Cancel my morning.
- Marlene's Assistant: But you have a showing! What do I tell them?
- Marlene 'Marl' Craven: You have a Harvard education, make something up!”“When your husband makes love to you, it's my face he sees. When your baby's hungry, it's my breast that feeds him. Look at you! When push comes to shove... you can't even breathe!”
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