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Director:
Writers:
Joy Cowley (novel)
Roald Dahl (writer)
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A lonely woman in a decaying mansion... A young stranger on a big, black bike. more
Plot:
Effective psychological love story with a macabre twist not found in the original Joy Cowley novel.... more | add synopsis
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A Good Solid 70's Psycho flick more (12 total)

Cast

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Patricia Neal ... Maura Prince
Pamela Brown ... Mrs. Edith Prince - Mother
Nicholas Clay ... Billy Jarvis
Jean Anderson ... Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Graham Crowden ... Mr. Bolton
Yootha Joyce ... Mrs. Palafox
Peter Sallis ... Reverend Rupert Palafox
Brigit Forsyth ... District Nurse
Sebastian Breaks ... Dr. Ronnie Robinson
Diana Patrick ... Mary Wingate
Jenny McCracken ... Jenny - Farmwife
Bruce Myles ... Bank Clerk
Zoe Alexander ... Stroke Patient
Christopher Reynalds ... Young Billy
Elaine Ives-Cameron ... Gypsy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Road Builder
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Runtime:
97 min | UK:110 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A Good Solid 70's Psycho flick, 19 November 2008
8/10
Author: ga-bsi from South Africa

Many people will say that this film was a botch up job of Joy Cowley's novel, but they would be wrong.

While I have to admit that the type of filming they used in the 70's is not among my favourite, it worked well for this film because it gave you insight into how each character saw things.

Patricia Niel was perfect as the spinster who was stuck caring for her blind and horrid adoptive mother, and who slowly but surely becomes sexually aware of the young drifter, played by Nicholas Clay.

Some parts of the film are vaguely confusing, but one comes to grasp them after rolling the idea around in ones mind for a while.

This film was very well done for an era that produced some awful movies that completely butchered famous books, and used skin instead of actual acting to portray a film.

The Night Digger aka Road Runner is a very watchable film, that sneaks up on you rather than attacks you head on like some psychological thrillers do.

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