| The Pumpkin Eater | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Clayton |
| Screenplay by | Harold Pinter |
| Based on | The Pumpkin Eater 1962 novel by Penelope Mortimer |
| Produced by | James Woolf |
| Starring | Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Color process | black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes 110 minutes (TCM print) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.2 million (US/Canada rentals)[1] |
The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch.[2] 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".
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1965". Variety. 5 January 1966. p. 36.
- ^ "The Pumpkin Eater". British Film Institute. Retrieved 21 July 2024.