Directed by:
Jack ClaytonScreenplay:
Harold PinterCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Johnson, Maggie Smith, Eric Porter, Alan Webb, Phoebe Nicholls, Ronald Leigh-Hunt (more)VOD (2)
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In her third marriage to writer Jake Armitage (Peter Finch), Jo (Anne Bancroft) wrangles her brood of five young children with Jake's cheerful support. But Jo's happiness is shattered when she realizes that Jake is not only unfaithful, but that he is constitutionally incapable of monogamy. Pregnant with another child, Jo becomes increasingly distraught, and eventually breaks down utterly when confronted with more evidence of Jake's infidelity. The screenplay by Harold Pinter takes a cold psychological look at the interior turmoil of a middle class wife and mother, and begs the question: what is the ultimate cause of Jo's unhappiness? Is it Jake's unfaithfulness? A lack of fulfillment in her maternal role? A fear of losing her role as her youngest children grow? (official distributor synopsis)
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Christopher Ellis
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Anthony Nicholls
UK
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Fergus McClelland
UK
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