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Assault

Evil grows wild... nothing else lives very long.

5.5(30)19711h 31m1

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • rape
  • police
  • exploitation
  • stalker
  • woods
  • rape victim
  • murder
  • psychologist
  • hospital
  • schoolgirl
  • voyeur
  • murder mystery

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Behind the camera

Writers

John Kruse

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR19 May 1973
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1511 Feb 1971
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical11 Jul 1971
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical13 Dec 1971

Frequently asked questions

Assault was released on 11 February 1971.

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    Wuchak

    4/20/2025

    6/10

    **_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 st…

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