Butley

Butley (1974)

His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1974-01-21
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 7min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Cinévision Ltée
  • Production Country: Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom
  • Director: Harold Pinter
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Summary

Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.

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  • Alan Bates

    as Ben Butley
  • Jessica Tandy

    as Edna Shaft
  • Michael Byrne

    as Reg Nuttall
  • Georgina Hale

    as Carol Heasman
  • Simon Rouse

    as Gardner
  • Susan Engel

    as Anne Butley
  • Richard O'Callaghan

    as Joey Keyston
  • Oliver Maguire

    as
  • Darien Angadi

    as
  • Colin Haigh

    as
  • Lindsay Ingram

    as
  • Patti Love

    as
  • Belinda Low

    as
  • Derrick O'Connor

    as
  • John Savident

    as
  • Susan Wooldridge

    as
  • Jill Goldston

    as Tube Passenger (uncredited)
Directing Harold Pinter Director
Editing Malcolm Cooke Editor
Writing Simon Gray Writer
Art Carmen Dillon Art Direction
Camera Gerry Fisher Director of Photography
Editing Chris Kelly Assistant Editor
Directing Ted Sturgis First Assistant Director
Production Otto Plaschkes Executive Producer
Production Ely A. Landau Producer
Production Henry T. Weinstein Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Eddie Knight Makeup Artist
Production Robert A. Goldston Supervising Producer

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