The Pumpkin Eater
A Much Married Woman Who Drifts From Husband to Husband!
- 1964
- 1h 50m
- Drama
Rating: 6.6 out of 10TMDB(54 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress (1965)
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Music
Music by Georges Delerue
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Oswald Morris
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Harold PinterScreenplay
- Penelope MortimerNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 16, 1964
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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In the United States
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Cast
Anne BancroftJo Armitage
Peter FinchJake Armitage
James MasonBob Conway
Janine GrayBeth Conway
Cedric HardwickeMr. James - Jo's father
Rosalind AtkinsonMrs. James - Jo's mother
Alan WebbMr. Armitage - Jake's father
Richard JohnsonGiles
Maggie SmithPhilpot
Anthony NichollsSurgeon
Yootha JoyceWoman at Hairdresser's
John JunkinUndertaker
John Franklyn-RobbinsParson- Frank SinguineauKing of Israel
Gerald SimMan at Party
Faith KentNanny
Cyril LuckhamDoctor
Lesley NunnerleyWaitress at Zoo- Kate NichollsYounger Dinah
- Frances WhiteOlder Dinah
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