Thriller ·Comedy ·Crime ·Drama · United Kingdom · 1966 · 1h 52m

Cul-de-sac

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Director
Roman Polanski
Cast
Lionel Stander as Richard Donald Pleasence as George Françoise Dorléac as Teresa Jack MacGowran as Albie Iain Quarrier as Christopher Jacqueline Bisset as Jacqueline
Crew
Gilbert Taylor — Director of Photography Alastair McIntyre — Editor Krzysztof Komeda — Original Music Composer Gérard Brach — Writer Roman Polanski — Writer Michael Klinger — Producer
Tagline

Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Cul-de-sac — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
islandage differencemarried coupledark comedycastleblack and whiterefrigeratorisolated housenorthumberlandlindisfarne
Key Collaborators
Roman Polanski Director Gilbert Taylor Director of Photography Alastair McIntyre Editor Krzysztof Komeda Original Music Composer Gérard Brach Writer Roman Polanski Writer Michael Klinger Producer Tony Tenser Producer Gene Gutowski Producer Voytek Production Design
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