The Road Builder

The Road Builder

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Thriller
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Alastair Reid, Michael Dryhurst
  • Cast(s): Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson, Graham Crowden See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 37min
  • Music: Bernard Herrmann,Gerry Humphreys,Chris Greenham,Brian Marshall
  • Similar To: War of the Worlds, Amber Alert
  • Story:
    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.
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STORY

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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.

TRIVIA

Trivia

The film's original length was 110 minutes. Bernard Herrmann composed his score for a 110-minute version. However, about 13 minutes were cut right before the film's official release. So some of Herrmann's cues didn't end up in the film. In the released version (97-98 minutes), small portions of Herrmann's cue close to the end of the film were accidentally edited out. Some of Herrmann's cues that he composed for certain scenes in the released version didn't end up in the released cut. One of the unused cues was a cue for the scene where the nurse walks back and enters her car.

The approximately £800 Maura withdraws from the bank would equate to $2,000 at the time or almost $12,000 in 2016.

The St Ives Times and Echo in Cornwall announced on 12 November 1970 that Patricia Neal was scheduled to arrive there the following week to commence location shooting on The Road Builder. By the time MGM-EMI submitted the film to the British Board of Film Censors on 16 February 1971, the title had changed to The Night Digger. It was passed with an "X" certificate, after cuts.

The screenplay was adapted by Roald Dahl who was then married to Patricia Neal, who stars in the film as Maura.

Though they play mother and daughter in the film, at the time Pamela Brown was only nine years older than Patricia Neal.