
Overview
Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on The Caretaker
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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Ron Grainer
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Nicolas Roeg
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Harold PinterWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 21, 1964
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
























