Cul-de-sac
“Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!”
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.
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Cast
12 people
Lionel Stander
Richard
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Hart to Hart
Donald Pleasence
George
Known for
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Françoise Dorléac
Teresa
Known for
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Soft Skin
Jack MacGowran
Albie
Known for
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Exorcist
Iain Quarrier
Christopher
Known for
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Sympathy for the Devil
Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline
Known for
Day for Night
Bullitt
Renée Houston
Christopher's Mother
Known for
Repulsion
The Flesh and the Fiends
William Franklyn
Cecil
Known for
Quatermass 2
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Geoffrey Sumner
Christopher's Father
Also in
The Army Game
I Only Arsked
Robert Dorning
Philip Fairweather
Known for
Evil Under the Sun
Mona Lisa
Marie Kean
Marion Fairweather
Known for
Barry Lyndon
Ryan's Daughter
Trevor Delaney
Nicholas
No other roles listed
Roman Polanski Director · Gérard Brach Writer Krzysztof Komeda Composer
Budget $135K · United States release November 7, 1966 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$135,000
Production
Tekli British Productions
Production
Compton Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 2, 1966
Premiere
United Kingdom · June 17, 1966
Theatrical
United States · November 7, 1966
Theatrical
Finland
September 2, 1966 · Theatrical
France
November 30, 1966 · Theatrical
April 12, 2007 · Physical · DVD
April 17, 2012 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
June 30, 1966 · Theatrical
Greece
August 21, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Japan
March 27, 1971 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 23, 1978 · Limited theatrical · Cineclube de Barcelos
Spain
November 21, 1968 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 15, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
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