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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".
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. 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 insists her new...
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Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband, Giles, in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are torn apart by Jo's strict marital morality.
Dec 12, 2017 · With a perceptive and ‘lacerating’ script by Harold Pinter, based on Penelope Mortimer’s acclaimed novel, Jack Clayton’s emotionally searing 1964 drama The Pumpkin Eater takes an unhappy marriage apart with surgical precision.
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
