Cul-de-sac (1966)

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7.1	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Roman Polanski

Starring (View all)

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

Written by

Roman Polanski

Gérard Brach

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A good movie

8 years, 12 months ago at May 23 9:29

johanlefourbe

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Since it is a rather obscure feature, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the damned thing but since I’m a huge fan of Roman Polanski, I was really eager to check it out. Basically, a year before, Polanski just made ‘Repulsion’ with Catherine Deneuve. This movie turned out to be Polanski's first genuine masterpiece and, as a follow-up, he would make this flick starring Deneuve's old... read more

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9 years ago at Apr 20 17:38

fernando

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Psycho comic thriller in attractive space (the ebb tide that isolates the fortress, excellent), Lione Stander great comic playing straight.

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Description: The fact that there isn't a single likeable character in Cul de Sac does not diminish its artistic value in the least. Ageing, furtively kinky Donald Pleasence is married to sexy young Francoise Dorleac. The couple's hermitlike tranquility is shattered when wounded gangsters Jack MacGowan and Lionel Stander invade their home and hold them hostage. As Dorleac urges her tremulous husband to do something, the two criminals begin behaving in a fashion that can only inadequately be described as eccentric. Drawing upon two of Polanski's favorite themes-isolation and latent insanity--Cul de Sac actually improves upon each viewing, assu ... (more)

Release date: 7 November 1966

Tags: Drama (5), British (5), Crime (4), 1960s (4), Gangster (4), Comedy (3), 1966 (3), Neo Noir (3), Independent Film (3), Belt Whipping (2), Madness (2), Hot Foot (2), Coward (2), Frenchwoman (2), Partner (2), Racial Slur (2), Older Husband (2), Beach (2), Tide (2)

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