Assault
5.5
“Evil grows wild... nothing else lives very long.”
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
Cast
30 people
Suzy Kendall
Julie West
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Torso
Frank Finlay
Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
Known for
The Pianist
Lifeforce
Freddie Jones
Reporter
Known for
The Elephant Man
Dune
James Laurenson
Greg Lomax
Known for
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Bourne Identity
Lesley-Anne Down
Tessa Hurst
Known for
North and South
The Bold and the Beautiful
Tony Beckley
Leslie Sanford
Known for
The Italian Job
Get Carter
Anthony Ainley
Mr. Bartell
Known for
You Only Live Twice
Doctor Who
Dilys Hamlett
Mrs. Sanford
Also in
Wives and Daughters
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
James Cosmo
Det. Sgt. Beale
Known for
Game of Thrones
Chernobyl
Marianne Stone
Matron
Known for
Lolita
To Sir, with Love
Allan Cuthbertson
Coroner
Known for
Edge of Darkness
Fawlty Towers
Kit Taylor
Doctor
Also in
The Adventures of Long John Silver
Heroes II: The Return
Sidney Hayers Director · John Kruse Screenplay Kendal Young Author
United States release May 19, 1973 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
George H. Brown Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 11, 1971
Theatrical
United States · May 19, 1973
Theatrical
Ireland
July 11, 1971 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 13, 1971 · Theatrical
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