---
title: 'The Night Digger (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alastair Reid'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-night-digger-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067486/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Night Digger (1971)

1971 · 110 min · Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Night Digger is a 1971 British horror thriller film directed by Alastair Reid and starring Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown and Nicholas Clay. The screenplay was by Roald Dahl based on the novel Nest in a Fallen Tree by Joy Cowley, about two women who are visited by a suspicious handy man.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alastair Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/alastair-reid)
- **Screenplay:** [Roald Dahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/roald-dahl)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alex Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-thomson)
- **Editor:** [John Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bloom)

## Cast

- [Patricia Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-neal)
- [Jean Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-anderson)
- [Peter Sallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sallis)
- [Pamela Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-brown)
- [Christopher Reynalds](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-reynalds)
- [Nicholas Clay](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-clay)

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