Old movie(60's/early 70's?) young babysitter fights killer

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Very old movie I saw on late-night TV maybe in the early 70's. A young girl(10 or younger?) is alone in a house and defends children from. a violent man. Her wit and tenacity reminded me of Jodie foster but I think it was an English actress. At the end she is standing outside talking to the police, very disheveled from the ordeal but triumphant. The police are amazed at her survival skills.



I suspect that you are combining elements of more than one movie -- as Yoda will tell you, it is quite common to do so. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) is not a match, but it does star a young Jodie Foster as an English immigrant alone in a house in Maine. The Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Li..._Down_the_Lane) has plot details.



Halloween?