The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976 · Movie · PG · 91 min · ★ 7.0 · 73% critics
In a New England beach town, a 13-year-old girl tries to keep her father’s whereabouts from raising suspicion as locals press in. When a persistent landlady’s son won’t leave her alone, she teams up with a neighbor to protect a dark family secret she’s been keeping to herself.
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Details
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (347 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this tense 1970s psychological thriller if you like eerie, slow-burn secrets in a seaside setting; Not for you if you want upbeat thrills or light teen coming-of-age stories like Evil Under the Sun or Obsession.
Pros: tense small-town mystery; standout young lead; uneasy, suspenseful mood | Cons: slow pacing; disturbing subject matter; secrets feel unresolved
Themes
- pedophilia
- based on novel or book
- hamster
- halloween
- father
- murder
- maine
- antisemitism
- teenage girl
- corpse
- police officer
- animal killing
- +10 more
Cast & crew
Jodie Foster
as Rynn Jacobs
Martin Sheen
as Frank Hallet
Alexis Smith
as Mrs. Cora Hallet
Mort Shuman
as Officer Ron Miglioriti
Scott Jacoby
as Mario Podesta
Dorothy Davis
as Town Hall Clerk
- CG
Clesson Goodhue
as Bank Manager
Hubert Noël
as Bank Clerk
Jacques Famery
as Bank Clerk
- MM
Mary Morter
as Teller
Directed by Nicolas Gessner