Year: 1971
Duration: 01:36:07
Directed by: Alastair Reid
Actors: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson, Graham Crowden
Language: English
Country: UK
Also known as: The Road Builder, Das Haus der Schatten, El enterrador nocturno, Paixão e Crime
Description: LISTAIR REID’S 1971 UK THRILLER, THE NIGHT DIGGER (AKA THE ROAD BUILDER) STARRING PATRICIA NEAL, PAMELA BROWN, NICHOLAS CLAY, JEAN ANDERSON AND GRAHAM CROWDEN. ADAPTED FROM JOY COWLEY’S NOVEL BY ROALD DAHL (PATRICIA NEAL WAS HIS WIFE).
ATMOSPHERIC, EERIE FILM IS A VERY GOOD HIDDEN GEM. NEAL GIVES A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE AND HAVING NAMES LIKE REID AND DAHL ATTACHED TO THIS MAKES IT ONE OF THOSE GREAT UK THRILLERS. REMASTERED FOR THE WARNER ARCHIVES RELEASE.
Review: Mora quiet life, living in a Victorian mansion and life to care for his blind mother changed after she hires a young worker Billy. Once in the door knocking Mora police and asks about Billy, who, it turns out the culprit.
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This is an edited version. The burying of the nurses body has been edited out.