**_A rapist/murderer lurks in the woods outside a girls’ school near London_** “Assault” (1971) was renamed “In the Devil’s Garden” for its American release. It fits because the only eyewitness in the movie says that the killer looks like the devil. Yet producers also wanted to take advantage of satan’s popularity in cinema in 1973-1974 when it finally made it to America. Lesley-Anne Down appears as the main…
Assault (1971)
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.
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Suzy Kendall
Julie West
Frank Finlay
Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
Freddie Jones
Reporter
James Laurenson
Greg Lomax
Lesley-Anne Down
Tessa Hurst
Tony Beckley
Leslie Sanford
Anthony Ainley
Mr. Bartell
Dilys Hamlett
Mrs. Sanford
James Cosmo
Det. Sgt. Beale
Marianne Stone
Matron
Allan Cuthbertson
Coroner
Kit Taylor
Doctor
Janet Lynn
Girl in Library
Patrick Jordan
Sgt. Milton
Anabel Littledale
Susan Miller
Tom Chatto
Police Doctor
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What is Assault about?
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…
When was Assault released?
Assault was released in 1971.
What genres does Assault belong to?
Assault is categorised as Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery.
Who stars in Assault?
The cast of Assault includes Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, James Laurenson, Lesley-Anne Down.