Evil grows wild... nothing else lives very long.
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.
- 5.1
- 1971
- Released
- 1h 31m
Suzy Kendall
Julie West
Frank Finlay
Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
Freddie Jones
Reporter
James Laurenson
Greg Lomax
Lesley-Anne Down
Tessa Hurst
Tony Beckley
Leslie Sanford
Anthony Ainley
Mr. Bartell
Dilys Hamlett
Mrs. Sanford
James Cosmo
Det. Sgt. Beale
Marianne Stone
Matron
Allan Cuthbertson
Coroner
Kit Taylor
DoctorJanet Lynn
Girl in Library
Patrick Jordan
Sgt. MiltonAnabel Littledale
Susan MillerTom Chatto
Police Doctor
William Hoyland
Chemist in Hospital
John Swindells
Desk SergeantJill Carey
Night Receptionist
David Essex
Man in Chemist ShopValerie Shute
Girl in Chemist Shop
John Stone
Fire ChiefSiobhan Quinlan
Jenny GreenawayPatricia Driscoll
Mrs. Hurst (uncredited)
Pat Gorman
Final scene pc (uncredited)Charles Rayford
Dead Chemist (uncredited)
Renu Setna
Doctor (uncredited)Reg Thomason
Man in Police Station (uncredited)Joe Wadham
Police Driver (uncredited)![Assault (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dRGN_amHHXw/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
en
- #rape
- #police
- #exploitation
- #stalker
- #woods
- #rape victim
- #murder
- #psychologist
- #hospital
- #schoolgirl
- #voyeur
- #murder mystery
- #art teacher
- #tabloid reporter
- #girls' school
- #mini dress
Reviews
**_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 ap