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The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater".
Jo, a mother of eight, marries a screenwriter and moves to the countryside, but faces marital and mental struggles. The film, based on a novel by Penelope Mortimer, was nominated for an Oscar and stars Peter Finch and James Mason.
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- 1964-11-09
Feb 22, 2018 · The original trailer in high definition of the Pumpkin Eater directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Gray and Cedric...
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Jo (Anne Bancroft) leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles (Richard Johnson) to wed her screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage (Peter Finch), but...
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- Anne Bancroft
- Jack Clayton
- Drama
The Pumpkin Eater. Summaries. Beautiful Mother of five Jo leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles to wed her passionate screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage. As suspicions of Husband Jake's philandering grows, Jo's sanity spirals.
A drama film based on Penelope Mortimer's novel about a woman who marries three times and has many children. Starring Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch and James Mason, directed by Jack Clayton.
Jack Clayton’s The Pumpkin Eater, from a Harold Pinter screenplay of Penelope Mortimer’s novel, is an unusually and fascinatingly complex portrait of a well-off woman’s bankrupt life suffocated by her role as a mother, wife and daughter.
