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The 1922 version's climax is more focused on Knock escaping and being hunted by the townsfolk because he's scapegoated for the plague.
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
The townsfolk laugh along and cheer Roche on, but is this the entire story?
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
The ship arrives overrun with rats and its crew all dead of plague; then the disease reaches the townsfolk, throwing Wisburg into chaos and despair.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
The townsfolk laugh along and cheer Roche on, but is this the entire story?
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
The ship arrives overrun with rats and its crew all dead of plague; then the disease reaches the townsfolk, throwing Wisburg into chaos and despair.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/townsfolk. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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townsfolk
plural noun
towns·folk
ˈtau̇nz-ˌfōk 
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