The Road Builder

The Road Builder

1971 · 98 min · EN · R · 6.4 (18 votes)
Dir. Alastair Reid · Starring Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson, Graham Crowden, Yootha Joyce · Music Bernard Herrmann

A lonely woman in a decaying mansion... A young stranger on a big, black bike.

DramaThriller

The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye. Based on the novel Nest in a Fallen Tree by Joy Cowley.

VIBE

A suffocating atmosphere of repressed desire and simmering dread permeates this gothic tale. The slow burn builds palpable tension as a young man's arrival disrupts a lonely woman's life, hinting at darker forces at play beneath the surface.

gothictensemelancholicunsettlingslow-burnperiod dramapsychological thrillergothic horrorisolationdesirehidden dangerclass
based on novel or booksexual tensionserial killergothic horrorolder woman younger man relationshipblind mother
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