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The Hireling is a 1973 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges, based on a 1957 novel of the same title by L. P. Hartley, which starred Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles. It tells the story of a chauffeur who falls in love with an aristocratic woman. It shared the Grand Prix with Scarecrow at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
Jul 26, 1973 · The Hireling: Directed by Alan Bridges. With Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer. A young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
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- Drama
- Alan Bridges
- 1973-07-26
Reviews. The Hireling. Roger Ebert July 25, 1973. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Lady Franklin is the kind of woman for whom the English class system might almost have been invented; if it were not there to hold her up, she’d fall right over.
Steven Ledbetter (Robert Shaw) is the dutiful chauffeur of widowed British socialite Lady Helen Franklin (Sarah Miles). As Ledbetter helps Lady Franklin to overcome her mentally fragile state, he...
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- Alan Bridges
- PG
- Robert Shaw
Director. L.P. Hartley. Novel. Wolf Mankowitz. Screenplay. Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends.
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes. Cast. Robert Shaw. Steven Ledbetter. Sarah Miles. Lady Franklin. Peter Egan. Captain Hugh Cantrip. Caroline Mortimer.
- 108 min
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The Hireling is one of those minor gems of an English film, in a class with The Go-Between if not quite equal to it. Full Review | Nov 19, 2018. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the...
