Cul-de-sac (1966)

06/17/1966Thriller, Comedy, Crime1h 52m
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Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!

Overview

On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

Top Billed Cast

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    Lionel Stander

    Richard

  2. Cast 1

    Donald Pleasence

    George

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    Françoise Dorléac

    Teresa

  4. Cast 1

    Jack MacGowran

    Albie

  5. Cast 1

    Iain Quarrier

    Christopher

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    Jacqueline Bisset

    Jacqueline

  7. Cast 1

    Renée Houston

    Christopher's Mother

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    William Franklyn

    Cecil

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    Geoffrey Sumner

    Christopher's Father

_**Mid-60’s art house flick is dramatically tedious, but has interesting themes**_ A diminutive artist (Donald Pleasence) lives with his much-younger French wife (Françoise Dorléac) in a castle on a tidal island in northern England. When a gruff gangster (Lionel Stander) shows up on their doorstep havoc ensues. Iain Quarrier, William Franklyn and a young Jacqueline Bisset show up for peripheral parts. "Cul-de-Sac" (1966) is one of Roman Polanski's early experiments, a freestyle B&W psychological crime dramedy that takes elements of “The Damned” (1963), “Touch of Evil” (1958) and “A Stree...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$135,000.00

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