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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Intimate, prestige, contemplative and open-ended.
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Lionel StanderRichard
- Donald PleasenceGeorge
- Françoise DorléacTeresa
- Jack MacGowranAlbie
- Iain QuarrierChristopher
- Jacqueline BissetJacqueline
- Renée HoustonChristopher's Mother
- William FranklynCecil
- Geoffrey SumnerChristopher's Father
- Robert DorningPhilip Fairweather
Crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Gérard BrachWriter
- Roman PolanskiWriter
- Gilbert TaylorDirector of Photography
- Krzysztof KomedaOriginal Music Composer
- Alastair McIntyreEditor
- Michael KlingerProducer
- Gene GutowskiProducer
- Tony TenserProducer
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