Cul-De-Sac - Movie Review
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Roman Polanski's character study is strange, creepy, and often compelling. The freaky foursome in the film are a pair of criminals on the run and a husband and wife in whose home they uninvitedly take up residence. The criminals (including Lionel Stander, the butler from Hart to Hart) turn the husband (Donald Pleasence) into a snivelling fool, while the wife (Françoise Dorléac) is alternately a vamp and a freaked-out basket case. How they interact -- and how this all ends up -- is devilishly interesting, though it's ultimately not terribly believable.
Facts and Figures
Year: 1966
Run time: 113 mins
In Theaters: Monday 7th November 1966
Distributed by: MGM
Production compaines: Tekli British Productions
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 3.5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Fresh: 17 Rotten: 3
IMDB: 7.2 / 10
Cast & Crew
Director: Roman Polanski
Producer: Gene Gutowski, Michael Klinger, Tony Tenser
Screenwriter: Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
Starring: Donald Pleasence as George, Françoise Dorléac as Teresa, Lionel Stander as Richard, Iain Quarrier as Christopher, Jack MacGowran as Albie, Geoffrey Sumner as Christopher's father, Renée Houston as Christopher's mother, Robert Dorning as Philip Fairweather, Marie Kean as Marion Fairweather, Jacqueline Bisset as Jacqueline, Trevor Delaney as Nicholas, William Franklyn as Cecil, Renée Houston as Christopher's Mother
Also starring: Gene Gutowski, Michael Klinger, Tony Tenser, Gerard Brach, Roman Polanski