The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
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70% of users liked it
(444 ratings)
Anne Bancroft stars as a restless, twice-married British woman with six children, whose third husband is a fledgling screenwriter (Peter Finch). When success spins Finch's head around, he begins to dally with women other than his wife. Meanwhile, Bancroft is forced to stay home and play… More Anne Bancroft stars as a restless, twice-married British woman with six children, whose third husband is a fledgling screenwriter (Peter Finch). When success spins Finch's head around, he begins to dally with women other than his wife. Meanwhile, Bancroft is forced to stay home and play "domestic goddess", a role for which she is utterly unsuited. After suffering a nervous breakdown, Bancroft wanders the streets of London in a vain search for a sympathetic ear. She eventually comes to grips with the situation at hand--but as in most of playwright Harold Pinter's works, the characters of The Pumpkin Eater are just as unfulfilled in the last scene as they were in the first. Anne Bancroft won a Cannes Film Festival award for her performance in this film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack Clayton
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 9, 1964 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A depressing but well acted marital drama, earning Anne Bancroft an Oscar nod for playing a mother of eight children married to the philandering Peter Finch.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a marvelously written piece of junk that no matter how brilliantly penned never rises above its shallow soap opera roots.
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Cast
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Anne Bancroft
as Jo Armitage
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Peter Finch
as Jake Armitage
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James Mason
as Bob Conway
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Cedric Hardwicke
as Mr. James Jo's Father
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Richard Johnson
as Giles
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Eric Porter
as Psychiatrist
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Rosalind Atkinson
as Jo's Mother
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Frances White
as Dinah
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Alan Webb
as Mr. Armitage Jake's Father
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Cyril Luckham
as Doctor
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Janine Gray
as Beth Conway
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Yootha Joyce
as Woman at Hairdresser
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Frank Singuineau
as King of Israel
- Elizabeth Dear
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Christopher Ellis
as Fergus
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John Franklyn-Robbins
as Parson
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Faith Kent
as Nanny
- David Langton
- Fergus McClelland
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Anthony Nicholls
as Surgeon
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Sarah Nicholls
as Elizabeth
- Michael Ridgeway
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Gerald Sim
as Man at Party
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Maggie Smith
as Philpot
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John Junkin
as Undertaker
- Gregory Phillips
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Leslie Nunnerley
as Waitress at Zoo
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Rupert Osborne
as Pete
