- HD 1080
- Runtime: 91m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Sidney Hayers
- Stars: Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, James Laurenson, Lesley-Anne Down
- keywords: rape, police, exploitation, stalker, woods, rape victim, murder, psychologist, hospital, schoolgirl, voyeur, murder mystery, art teacher, tabloid reporter, girls' school, mini dress
- Production_studio: George H. Brown Productions
- Slogan: Evil grows wild... nothing else lives very long.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Assault is featured in the top rankings of 1971
- #44 in Top Crime Movies of 1971
- #27 in Top Mystery Movies of 1971
- #54 in Top Horror Movies of 1971
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
