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Assault

Assault

★ 5.5/10•1971•1h 31m•R•Crime•Drama•Horror

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.

John Kruse · Screenplay

Sidney Hayers · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 31m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 11, 1971

Actors

Suzy Kendall

Suzy Kendall

Julie West

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Reporter

James Laurenson

James Laurenson

Greg Lomax

Lesley-Anne Down

Lesley-Anne Down

Tessa Hurst

Tony Beckley

Tony Beckley

Leslie Sanford

Anthony Ainley

Anthony Ainley

Mr. Bartell

Dilys Hamlett

Dilys Hamlett

Mrs. Sanford

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Det. Sgt. Beale

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Matron

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson

Coroner

Kit Taylor

Doctor

Janet Lynn

Girl in Library

Patrick Jordan

Patrick Jordan

Sgt. Milton

Anabel Littledale

Susan Miller

Tom Chatto

Police Doctor

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