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Cul-de-sac (1966) -- A hermit lives with his nymphomaniac wife in a large dark castle on a small island off the coast of England.  Two esacped criminals make their way to the castle and terrorize the couple.

Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   3,148 votes
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Director:
Roman Polanski
Writers:
Gérard Brach (writer)
Roman Polanski (writer)
Release Date:
7 November 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Repulsion (DVD Review)
 (From Fangoria. 29 July 2009, 12:02 AM, PDT)

Oh snap! Criterion to release Polanski's psycho-sexual thriller Repulsion
 (From QuietEarth. 18 April 2009, 4:00 PM, PDT)

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Max to the max more (39 total)

Cast

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Donald Pleasence ... George
Françoise Dorléac ... Teresa
Lionel Stander ... Richard
Jack MacGowran ... Albie
Iain Quarrier ... Christopher
Geoffrey Sumner ... Christopher's Father
Renee Houston ... Christopher's Mother
Robert Dorning ... Philip Fairweather
Marie Kean ... Marion Fairweather
William Franklyn ... Cecil

Jacqueline Bisset ... Jacqueline (as Jackie Bisset)
Trevor Delaney ... Nicholas
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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Compton Films more

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Trivia:
Set on an island in the north-east of England called Holy Island. more
Quotes:
Nicholas: [after being punished for scratching one of Teresa's records] That Froggy bitch pulled my ear off!
Philip Fairweather: Here, here, here! Who taught you to speak like that?
Nicholas: Mum did!
Philip Fairweather: [slaps the back of Nicholas's hand] That'll teach you to tell lies.
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References Rob Roy (1922) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Max to the max, 18 August 2001
10/10
Author: Josep Parareda from Manlleu, Catalonia

The quiet life of a couple living in a castle located in a peninsula whose road submerges when the tide is high, is disturbed when two gangsters reach there.

Richard -Lionel Stander (Max in Hart to Hart)- must face the waters, hens, a rotted stair, a transvestite, a diet of eggs, an annoying family, a flirting blond boy, an incompetent barber, a small boy gunman,...and even change into an unexpected butler with a new butler's suitable name, the melody of a record player, forced to play the bicycle joke...

I really enjoy all the actors, funny location, imaginative plot, odd situations, and the pace. Cul-de-sac (by the way a catalan origin word) is not for nervous people but for those who enjoy contemplation.

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