Night Digger, The (1971, GBR) C-98m. *** D: Alastair Reid. Starring Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson, Graham Crowden. Odd, macabre psycho drama, not a horror film, as some believe. Neal is taking care of her blind mother, but the two women are mostly at odds with each other. Handyman Clay is chosen by Brown to take care of their house. Little do they know that by night he prowls the streets on his motorbike… Highly unusual, not entirely successful fare, written (quite recognizably) by Roald Dahl, from the novel Nest in a Falling Tree by Joy Cowley. Uncut print is said to run 110m. and may improve the plotting a little. Fine score by Bernard Herrmann. Alternatively known as THE ROAD BUILDER.