
Cul-de-sac
Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!
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Release Date
6/17/1966Runtime
112 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$135,000Revenue
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A stranglehold of dark comedy that tightens as two fugitive gangsters invade an isolated couple's fortress, turning power dynamics and masculinity inside out with perverse wit and mounting dread.
Mood
UnsettlingTenseAbsurd
Themes
PowerIdentityCorruption
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
Black and whiteFormalist
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violence

Lionel Stander
Richard

Donald Pleasence
George

Françoise Dorléac
Teresa

Jack MacGowran
Albie

Iain Quarrier
Christopher

Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline

Renée Houston
Christopher's Mother

William Franklyn
Cecil

Geoffrey Sumner
Christopher's Father

Robert Dorning
Philip Fairweather

Marie Kean
Marion Fairweather
Trevor Delaney
Nicholas
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