Assault

Assault

91 mins | Drama, Crime, Horror, Mystery | Feb. 11, 1971

After one schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another is murdered in the same woods a few days later, the local police are baffled. With the help of a reporter from one of the local papers, and against the wishes of a psychologist at the local hospital, a young teacher at the school the girls attended uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out. Could it be the creepy husband of the head mistress at the school, the psychologist who seems to be taking an unusual interest in the case, or something altogether more sinister?

Assault

91 mins | Drama, Crime, Horror, Mystery | Feb. 11, 1971

Assault
After one schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another is murdered in the same woods a few days later, the local police are baffled. With the help of a reporter from one of the local papers, and against the wishes of a psychologist at the local hospital, a young teacher at the school the girls attended uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out. Could it be the creepy husband of the head mistress at the school, the psychologist who seems to be taking an unusual interest in the case, or something altogether more sinister?
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers George H. Brown Productions
Original title Assault
Directors Sidney Hayers
Writers Kendal Young, John Kruse

Cast

Suzy Kendall

as Julie West

Frank Finlay

as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

Freddie Jones

as Reporter

James Laurenson

as Greg Lomax

Lesley-Anne Down

as Tessa Hurst

Tony Beckley

as Leslie Sanford

Anthony Ainley

as Mr. Bartell

Dilys Hamlett

as Mrs. Sanford

James Cosmo

as Det. Sgt. Beale

Marianne Stone

as Matron

Allan Cuthbertson

as Coroner

Kit Taylor

as Doctor

Janet Lynn

as Girl in Library

Patrick Jordan

as Sgt. Milton

Anabel Littledale

as Susan Miller

Tom Chatto

as Police Doctor

Jan Butlin

as Day Receptionist

William Hoyland

as Chemist in Hospital

John Swindells

as Desk Sergeant

Jill Carey

as Night Receptionist

David Essex

as Man in Chemist Shop

Valerie Shute

as Girl in Chemist Shop

John Stone

as Fire Chief

Siobhan Quinlan

as Jenny Greenaway

Lewis Alexander

as Coroners Court Official (uncredited)

Patricia Driscoll

as Mrs. Hurst (uncredited)

Pat Gorman

as Final scene pc (uncredited)

Charles Rayford

as Dead Chemist (uncredited)

Renu Setna

as Doctor (uncredited)

Reg Thomason

as Man in Police Station (uncredited)

Joe Wadham

as Police Driver (uncredited)