Cul De Sac
Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, and starring Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran, with Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean and Trevor Delaney in supporting roles.
It also features Jacqueline Bisset in a small role, in her second film appearance. Polanski's second English-language feature, it follows two injured gangsters who take refuge in the remote island castle of a young British couple in the North of England, spurring a series of mind games and violent altercations.
Getting around Cul De Sac the local way
- Get inA water taxi service: continuously running boats in a circular route to Philipsburg in either order, to a dock near the east end of Front Street and another opposite the courthouse on Front Street centre, before returning to the cruise ship area.
- Get inYou'll see long lines when many cruise ships are docked, but the number of water taxis employed rises to meet demand, so you'll rarely have a long wait.
- Get inMost inter-island ferry service also arrives/departs at Marigot.
- Get inMakana Ferry offers crossings on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
- Get inTravelling between St Martin and Sint Eustatius Makana Ferry offers crossings on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Saturday.
- Get inTravelling between St Martin and St Kitts Makana Ferry offers crossings on Monday and Friday.
- Get aroundSaint Martin has a bus system using small minivans.
- Go nextShort-hop flights by local air carrier Winair are designed since 2023 to enable day trips.
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