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Cul-de-sac

1966 • 1h 52m •
Thriller Comedy Crime Drama
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★ 6.7/10
321 reviews
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Cul-de-sac

On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

"Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!"

Top Billed Cast

Lionel Stander
Lionel Stander
Richard
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
George
Françoise Dorléac
Françoise Dorléac
Teresa
Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran
Albie
Iain Quarrier
Iain Quarrier
Christopher
Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline
Renée Houston
Renée Houston
Christopher's Mother
William Franklyn
William Franklyn
Cecil

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W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2022-02-17

_**Mid-60’s art house flick is dramatically tedious, but has interesting themes**_

A diminutive artist (Donald Pleasence) lives with his much-younger French wife (Françoise Dorléac) in a castle on a tidal island in northern England. When a gruff gangster (Lionel Stander) shows up on their doorstep havoc ensues. Iain Quarrier, William Franklyn and a young Jacqueline Bisset show up for peripheral parts.

"Cul-de-Sac" (1966) is one of Roman Polanski's early experiments, a freestyle B&W psychological crime dramedy that takes elements of “The Damned” (1963), “Touch of Evil” (1958) ...