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11/02/1971 Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery 1h 31m
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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.

  1. Sidney Hayers

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Suzy Kendall

    Julie West

  2. Frank Finlay

    Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

  3. Freddie Jones

    Reporter

  4. James Laurenson

    Greg Lomax

  5. Lesley-Anne Down

    Tessa Hurst

  6. Tony Beckley

    Leslie Sanford

  7. Anthony Ainley

    Mr. Bartell

  8. Dilys Hamlett

    Mrs. Sanford

  9. James Cosmo

    Det. Sgt. Beale

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2025-04-20
**_A rapist/murderer lurks in the woods outside a girls’ school near London_**

“Assault” (1971) was renamed “In the Devil’s Garden” for its American release. It fits because the only eyewitness in the movie says that the killer looks like the devil. Yet producers also wanted to take advantage of satan’s popularity in cinema in 1973-1974 when it finally made it to America.

Lesley-Anne Down appears as the main student and was only 16 years-old during shooting. She hadn’t yet blossomed into the jaw-dropping beauty of “The Great Train Robbery” eight years later, but it’...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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