Effective psychological love story with a macabre twist not found in the original Joy Cowley novel. The dreary existence of middle- aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye. This well-crafted film, full of sexual tension and Gothic flavor, was Patricia Neal's second after her return to acting, her real-life stroke worked deftly into the story by then-husband Roald Dahl.
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 |
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