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Cul-de-sac: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran. In search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Roman Polanski
- 1966-11-07
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, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Trevor Delaney, and Marie Kean.
Polanski, the wild man of the young European directors, made this after "Knife in the Water" and before he came to Hollywood. He shot it in English on location in a grim British castle where Sir Walter Scott allegedly wrote " Rob Roy ."
Aug 16, 2011 · Cul-de-sac is an evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos. Roman Polanski orchestrates a mental ménage à trois in this slyly absurd tale of paranoia from the director’s golden 1960s period.
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Aug 18, 2011 · Roman Polanski orchestrates a mental ménage à trois in this slyly absurd tale of paranoia from the director’s golden 1960s period. Donald Pleasence and Françoise Dorléac star as a withdrawn couple whose isolated house is invaded by a rude, burly American gangster on the run, played by Lionel Stander. The three engage in role-playing games ...
Polanski and Brach imbue Cul-de-sac with all the marks of absurdist comedy. Nothing works the way it was intended. The brute gangster has no use for the beautiful female hostage.
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at an old beachfront fortress. The owner of the fortress and his young wife, initially unwilling hosts, quickly experience their relationship with the criminal shift in a humorous and bizarre fashion. Roman Polanski. Author, Director. Gérard Brach. Author. Reviews 1.
