Plot hole: Sergeant Howie is expected to report back to the mainland on the same day he left, and since he took a valuable aircraft with him on his trip it is inconceivable that his superior officers would not come looking for him if he didn't show up. First they would try contacting him on his radio and not receiving a reply they'd send out a search party, and they would do so within twenty four hours. Missing police officers are taken very, very seriously indeed.
The Wicker Man (1973)
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Directed by: Robin Hardy
Starring: Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Edward Woodward
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Lord Summerisle: Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.
Trivia: Lindsay Kemp plays Alder MacGreagor, the father of Willow (Britt Ekland). In real life, Kemp was only four years older than Ekland.
Answer: What's the use? He's surrounded, he can't fight everyone and there's nowhere for him to run.
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He is also a fundamentally religious man and he believes that he is going to die and go to heaven.