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The Road Builder is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alastair Reid released in USA on 30 july 1971 with Patricia Neal

The Road Builder (1971)

The Road Builder
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Released in USA 30 july 1971
Length 1h50
Directed by ,    
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror
Rating62% 3.1484253.1484253.1484253.1484253.148425

The Night Digger is a 1971 British thriller film that was based on the novel Nest in a Fallen Tree by Joy Cowley. It was adapted by Roald Dahl and starred his then wife Patricia Neal. The Night Digger was the American title; it was originally released in the United Kingdom as The Road Builder.

Actors

Patricia Neal

(Maura Prince)Pamela Brown

(Mrs. Edith Prince)Nicholas Clay

(Billy Jarvis)Jean Anderson

(Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey)Christopher Reynalds

(Young Billy)
And :
Graham Crowden
Peter Sallis
Yootha Joyce
Brigit Forsyth
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