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Assault (1971)

R 02/11/1971 Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery 1h 31m
52%
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Score
5.5/10

Evil grows wild... nothing else lives very long.

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

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

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Media

Assault (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Assault (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on April 20, 2025

**_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 student and was only 16 years-old during shooting. She hadn’t yet blossomed into the jaw-dropping beauty of “The Great Train Robbery” eight years later, but it’s interesting seeing her when she was so young. Elsewhere, Suzy Kendall plays the art teacher, the story’s heroine, and is quite attractive with the quintessential early 70’s look.

As for the m...

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