
How far will a woman go? How far will a 32 year-old spinster go to possess a strange, 19 year-old boy?
Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.
- 6.5
- 1969
- Released
- 1h 47m

Sandy Dennis
Frances Austen
Michael Burns
The Boy
Susanne Benton
Nina
Luana Anders
Sylvia
Edward Greenhalgh
Dr. Stevenson
Doris Buckinham
Mrs. Ebury
Rae Brown
Mrs. Parnell
Lloyd Berry
Mr. Parnell
Alicia Ammon
Mrs. Pitt
Linda Sorensen
Prostitute
Michael Murphy
The Rounder







Released
en
$500,000.00
- #based on novel or book
- #kidnapping
- #held captive
- #vancouver
- #house guest
- #park bench
- #human pet
- #taken captive
Reviews

"Frances Austen" (Sandy Dennis) is having a genteel lunch party with her friends when she spots a young man sitting on a park bench outside amidst an heavy rainstorm. Her guests all leave and she decides to fetch him in to feed, water and dry him off. He (Michael Burns) understands her ok, but he doesn't ever speak as she proceeds to chat (pretty relentlessly) to him before offering him a bed for











