Cul-De-Sac

Item: Cul-De-Sac
Rating: 7
Author: Christopher Null

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"Very Good"

Cul-De-Sac Review

By Christopher Null

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