Cul-de-sac

Name: Cul-de-sac
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Released: November 7, 1966
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Geoffrey Sumner, Iain Quarrier, Jack MacGowran

1966

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Carlotta Films | Release Date: November 7, 1966 | Not Rated

Starring: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Geoffrey Sumner, Iain Quarrier, Jack MacGowran, Lionel Stander, Marie Kean, Renee Houston, Robert Dorning, William Franklyn

Summary: 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.

Director: Roman Polanski

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 112 min

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Empire Kim Newman

Shades of Pinter and Beckett are affectionately retouched with dark humour, dynamic wordplay and a tension all Kubrick's. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Roman Polanski's second British film is a mean little absurdist comedy set on a remote Northumberland island; it's also one of the best and purest of all his works. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Cul-de-sac functions better as an affectionate goof on Waiting For Godot, enhanced by an unforgettable setting that naturally severs the trio from contact with the outside world. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Neat little chiller with Polanski honing his abilities as a director and standout performances from Pleasence, Stander, and Dorleac. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

If the subject matter is bleak and bitterly serious, the tone throughout is darkly comic, while the precise imagery effortlessly conveys the tension, the claustrophobia, and the madness of the situation. Read full review

Christopher Machell

A flawed film to be sure, but one with flashes of inspiration, occasionally stunning visuals and a Shakespearean sense of claustrophobia. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

Is Mr. Polanski endeavoring to tell us anything about life or crime or perversion in this complex and terminally morbid joke?If he is, I sure don't get it — except maybe that people are sick, that even good humor isn't funny and that social sterility is. Read full review

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