The only above-the-line acting credit belongs to Patricia Neal, wife of this film's screenwriter, Roald Dahl. Neal is the foster daughter of a tyrant, "Mother," (Pamela Brown) and lives very much under her thumb. When a handsome young man (Nicholas Clay) appears, to assume the duties of a live-in gardener/handyman, she's required to surrender her room. His true vocation is revealed, accompanied by some fine suspense music from Bernard Herrmann. Although he provided uplift to many mediocre movies, as well as great ones, it was not enough to nudge this above the B level. Released three months after "The Night Visitor," it sped into an early grave.
Review of The Night Digger
