

And Soon the Darkness
Remember the way Hitchcock kept you on the edge of your seat...?
Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?
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- Released
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- Language
- French
- france
- language barrier
- bicycle
- murder
- serial killer
- cycling
- tourists in peril
- french police
- abduction
- killer cop
- foreign country
- missing friend
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France, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG3 Apr 1971
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical10 Sept 1970
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1816 Dec 1971
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1826 Feb 1971
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And Soon the Darkness was released on 10 September 1970.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
11/20/2013
Daylight Dread. Jane (Pamela Franklin) and Cathy (Michele Dotrice) are a couple of British nurses taking a bicycle vacation through rural France. When they have an argument, Jane storms off ahead leaving Cathy sunbathing on the grass. Later on Jane returns but can find no trace of Cathy, stuck in a foreign land and unable to speak the language, Jane soon finds herself in grave danger as she searches frantically fo…
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Wuchak
5/18/2026
**_Two English girls bicycling through the French farmlands takes a dark turn_** This is a good flick to get a feel for rural France. Petite Michele Dotrice is a highlight as the blonde while winsome Pamela Franklin is strapped with a dubious short haircut. She looks best in a movie she made the next year with a full brunette mane, “Necromancy,” featuring Orson Welles. Less than two years earlier Pamela shot an…
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