Cul-de-sac (1966 film)
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
| Produced by |
Gene Gutowski Michael Klinger Tony Tenser |
| Written by | Roman Polanski Gerard Brach |
| Starring |
Donald Pleasence Françoise Dorléac Lionel Stander |
| Music by | Krzysztof Komeda |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Alastair McIntyre |
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Production
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Compton Films
Tekli British Productions |
| Distributed by |
Sigma III(Original U.S. Release) Transmission Films (Online) |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £120,000 |
Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British psychological comic thriller directed by the Polish director Roman Polanski. It was his second film in English, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach.
The cast includes Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Trevor Delaney, Marie Kean. It also features Jacqueline Bisset (credited as Jackie Bisset) in a small role, in her second film appearance. The black and white cinematography is by Gil Taylor.
The film begins with gruff American gangster Dickey pushing his broken-down car along a causeway through rising seawater while his eccentric companion Albie lies inside, bleeding from a gunshot wound after a bungled robbery. Cut off by the unexpected rising tide, they are on the only road to a bleak and remote tidal island (Lindisfarne in Northumberland), where, in a dark castle on a hilltop, a deeply neurotic middle-aged Englishman named George lives with his pretty and promiscuous young French wife Teresa. Dickey disconnects the phone lines and proceeds to hold the two hostage while awaiting further instructions from his underworld boss, the mysterious Katelbach.
When Albie dies from his injuries, Dickey decides to take over the castle. George briefly entertains some of his obnoxious friends who show up at the castle unannounced, leading Dickey to pose as a servant while Teresa begins to flirt with one of the guests, Cecil.
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