First rate in every respect: plot, script, B&W cinematography, editing, music… but the real icing on the cake would be the performances of Bancroft and Finch, which I suspect are the best of their careers
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The Pumpkin Eater
1964 EN 110 min
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.
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Release date
16/07/1964
Votes
53
Popularity
1.5
Anne Bancroft
Jo Armitage
Peter Finch
Jake Armitage
James Mason
Bob Conway
Janine Gray
Beth Conway
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. James - Jo's father
Rosalind Atkinson
Mrs. James - Jo's mother
Alan Webb
Mr. Armitage - Jake's father
Richard Johnson
Giles
Maggie Smith
Philpot
Anthony Nicholls
Surgeon
Yootha Joyce
Woman at Hairdresser's
John Junkin
Undertaker
John Franklyn-Robbins
Parson
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Frank Singuineau
King of Israel
Gerald Sim
Man at Party
Faith Kent
Nanny
Cyril Luckham
Doctor
Lesley Nunnerley
Waitress at Zoo
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Kate Nicholls
Younger Dinah
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Frances White
Older Dinah
Phoebe Nicholls
Younger Elizabeth
Elizabeth Dear
Older Elizabeth
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Gregory Phillips
Older Pete
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Michael Ridgeway
Older Jack
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Martin Norton
Younger Jack
Fergus McClelland
Older Fergus
Christopher Ellis
Younger Fergus
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Sharon Maxwell
Older Sharon
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Mimosa Annis
Younger Sharon
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Kash Dewar
Older Mark
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Mark Crader
Mark
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David Langton
1st Man in Bar
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
2nd Man in Bar
Ron Pember
Removal Man
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David Langton
1st Man in Bar (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
2nd Man in Bar (uncredited)
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Esme Smythe
Shopper (uncredited)
Original Soundtrack
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Five Times Two
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Jindabyne
Madigan
It's Winter
Taghiyev III: Sona
Love in the Time of Cholera
To Take A Wife
The Daughter Pays
UnMarry
New Life
Colineales
The Country Girl
Belle Époque
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Crowd
Prologue
A Lady Surrenders
Counterparts