Assault

Feb 11, 1971

1h 31m

★ 5.2

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

George H. Brown Productions

Assault Trailers

Cast

Julie West

Suzy Kendall

Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

Frank Finlay

Reporter

Freddie Jones

Greg Lomax

James Laurenson

Tessa Hurst

Lesley-Anne Down

Leslie Sanford

Tony Beckley

Mr. Bartell

Anthony Ainley

Mrs. Sanford

Dilys Hamlett

Det. Sgt. Beale

James Cosmo

Matron

Marianne Stone

Coroner

Allan Cuthbertson

Doctor

Kit Taylor

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