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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.
The Pumpkin Eater. Rent The Pumpkin Eater on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. Jo (Anne Bancroft) leaves the banality of her...
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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.
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.
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.
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.
