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The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film starring Anne Bancroft as an unusually fertile woman and Peter Finch as her philandering husband. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer and was directed by Jack Clayton .
The Pumpkin Eater: Directed by Jack Clayton. With Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Gray. Beautiful Mother of five Jo leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles to wed her passionate screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage.
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.
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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 Hardwicke.
Based on Penelope Mortimer's eponymous novel, The Pumpkin Eater is named after a nursery rhyme ("...had a wife and couldn't keep her...") that's never mentioned in the film.
Year: 1964. Original title: The Pumpkin Eater. Synopsis: The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage. She leaves this husband to marry Jake, and his career takes off.
Nov 28, 2021 · The Pumpkin Eater (1964) - Jack Clayton Londoner Jo and her third husband Jake live with six of her children but the marriage is strained by numerous factors. Her doctor thinks Jo uses...
The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film starring Anne Bancroft as an unusually fertile woman and Peter Finch as her philandering husband. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same name by Penelope Mortimer, and was directed by Jack Clayton.
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. Jack Clayton. Director. Penelope Mortimer.
