Movie · 1965
Repulsion
“The nightmare world of a virgin's dreams becomes the screen's shocking reality!”
Released 1 June 1965 105 min Drama / Thriller / Horror More from 1965 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
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How old were they?
Renée Houston
as Mme Balch
Valerie Taylor
as Mme Denise
Yvonne Furneaux
as Hélène Ledoux
Patrick Wymark
as le propriétaire
Ian Hendry
as Michael
John Fraser
as Colin
James Villiers
as John
Mike Pratt
as Workman
Roman Polanski
as Spoon Player
Hugh Futcher
as Reggie
Helen Fraser
as Brigitte
Catherine Deneuve
as Carol Ledoux
Monica Merlin
as Mme Rendesham
Imogen Graham
as Manicurist
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The numbers
10.3×$0m budget became $3m at the box office
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Renée Houston — oldest on the call sheet
21Catherine Deneuve — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast