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Butley (1974)
Directed by Harold Pinter
Overview
Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
Length 127 minutes
Actors
Alan Bates | Jessica Tandy | Michael Byrne | Georgina Hale | Simon Rouse | Susan Engel | Richard O'Callaghan | Oliver Maguire | Darien Angadi | Colin Haigh | Lindsay Ingram | Patti Love | Belinda Low | Derrick O'Connor | John Savident | Susan Wooldridge | Jill Goldston