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The Pumpkin Eater

16 Jul 1964 1h 50min 12 6.6/10 (54) EN

“A Much Married Woman Who Drifts From Husband to Husband!”

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

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Director
Jack Clayton
Screenplay
Harold Pinter
Novel
Penelope Mortimer
Music
Georges Delerue
Cinematography
Oswald Morris
Editing
Jim Clark
Producer
James Woolf
Countries
United States, United Kingdom

Cast

Anne Bancroft Jo Armitage
Peter Finch Jake Armitage
James Mason Bob Conway
Janine Gray Beth Conway
Cedric Hardwicke Mr. James - Jo's father
Rosalind Atkinson Mrs. James - Jo's mother
Alan Webb Mr. Armitage - Jake's father
Richard Johnson Giles
Maggie Smith Philpot
Anthony Nicholls Surgeon
Yootha Joyce Woman at Hairdresser's
John Junkin Undertaker
John Franklyn-Robbins Parson
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Frank Singuineau King of Israel
Gerald Sim Man at Party
Faith Kent Nanny
Cyril Luckham Doctor
Lesley Nunnerley Waitress at Zoo
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Kate Nicholls Younger Dinah
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Frances White Older Dinah

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Also available in: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Estonia, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia

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