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Butley

Directed by Harold Pinter
R
1974    2h 7mDrama, Romance
6.764%6.0
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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.

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Cast of Butley

  • Alan BatesBen Butley
  • Jessica TandyEdna Shaft
  • Michael ByrneReg Nuttall
  • Georgina HaleCarol Heasman
  • Simon RouseGardner
  • Susan EngelAnne Butley
  • Richard O'CallaghanJoey Keyston
  • Oliver Maguire
  • Darien Angadi
  • Colin Haigh
  • Lindsay Ingram
  • Patti Love
  • Belinda Low
  • Derrick O'Connor
  • John Savident
  • Susan Wooldridge
  • Jill GoldstonTube Passenger (uncredited)
  • Harold PinterDirector
  • Simon GrayWriter
  • Otto PlaschkesExecutive Producer

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Butley Trivia

Butley was released on January 21, 1974.

Butley was directed by Harold Pinter.

Butley has a runtime of 2 hr 7 min.

Butley was produced by Ely A. Landau.

The key characters in Butley are Ben Butley (Alan Bates), Edna Shaft (Jessica Tandy), Reg Nuttall (Michael Byrne).

Butley is rated R.

Butley is a Drama, Romance film.

Butley has an audience rating of 6.4 out of 10.

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