The Pumpkin Eater (1964)★ 7.1/10
- Drama
Directed by: Jack Clayton
Written by: Penelope Mortimer, Harold Pinter
Beautiful mother of five Jo leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles to wed her passionate screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage. As her suspicion of Jake's philandering grows, Jo's sanity spirals.
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Anne BancroftJo Armitage
Peter FinchJake
James MasonConway
Janine GrayBeth
Cedric HardwickeJo's Father
Rosalind AtkinsonJo's Mother
Alan WebbJake's Father
Richard JohnsonGiles
Maggie SmithPhilpot
Eric PorterPsychiatrist
Cyril LuckhamDoctor
Anthony NichollsSurgeon
John Franklyn-RobbinsParson
John JunkinUndertaker
Yootha JoyceWoman in HairdressersLesley NunnerleyWaitress at Zoo
Gerald SimMan at Party
Frank SinguineauThe King of IsraelFaith KentNannyGregory PhillipsPeteRupert OsbornePeteMichael RidgewayJackMartin NortonJackFrances WhiteDinahKate NichollsDinah
Fergus McClellandFergusChristopher EllisFergus
Elizabeth DearElizabeth
Phoebe NichollsElizabethSharon MaxwellSharonMimosa AnnisSharonKash DewarMarkMark CraderYoungest Child
Tom AdamsMan at Party (uncredited)Paul BeradiHarrods Shopper (uncredited)Charlie BirdShopper (uncredited)
Pauline ChamberlainHairdresser (uncredited)Mabel EtheringtonShopper (uncredited)Leslie GarradPiano tuner (uncredited)Ursula GranvilleMourner (uncredited)Hilda GreenHarrods Shopper (uncredited)Muriel GreensladeShopper (uncredited)
David Langton1st Man in Bar (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt2nd Man in Bar (uncredited)Aileen LewisParty Guest (uncredited)Mary MaxfieldParty Guest (uncredited)
Garfield Morgan (uncredited)Louise NolanHarrods Shopper (uncredited)Ron PemberRemoval Man (uncredited)
Geoffrey RoseParty Guest (uncredited)John SmartShopper (uncredited)Esme SmytheShopper (uncredited)Alecia St LegerParty Guest (uncredited)
Guy StandevenParty Guest (uncredited)Emile StemmlerWaiter (uncredited)Pearl WaltersLady in Shop (uncredited)John WilderMan in Bar (uncredited)