Cul-de-sac (1966)

7.0Not Rated111 minDirector: Roman Polanski

Film by Roman Polanski

Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, and starring Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran, with Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean and Trevor Delaney in supporting roles. It also features Jacqueline Bisset in a small role, in her second film appearance. Polanski's second English-language feature, it follows two injured gangsters who take refuge in the remote island castle of a young British couple in the North of England, spurring a series of mind games and violent altercations.

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What is Cul-de-sac about?
Cul-de-sac (1966) — A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the criminal, the wife, and the En
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