Roman Polanski - Cul de Sac (1966) - NumberedArt.com

The film begins with gangster Dickie (Stander) pushing his broken-down car through rising seawater ...The film begins with gangster Dickie (Stander) pushing his broken-down car through rising seawater while his companion Albie (MacGowran) lies inside, bleeding from a gunshot wound after a bungled robbery. Cut off by the unexpected rising tide, they are on the only road to a bleak and remote tidal island where, in a dark castle on a hilltop, the effeminate and neurotic George (Pleasence) lives with his luscious young wife Teresa (Dorléac). Dickie then proceeds to hold the two hostage while awaiting rescue by his boss, the mysterious Katelbach, even throughout an unexpected visit from one of George's old work colleagues.
The film was shot in 1965 on location on the island of Lindisfarne (also known as Holy Island) off the coast of Northumberland, England. The small castle is now a National Trust property and can be toured by the public; despite the passage of forty years, the building and its surroundings are largely unchanged.

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