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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 .
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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: 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.
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- Drama
- Jack Clayton
- 1964-11-09
Lyrics. Common modern versions include: Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had a wife but couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell. And there he kept her very well. Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had another and didn't love her; Peter learned to read and spell,
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 husband adhere to...
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- Anne Bancroft
- Jack Clayton
- Drama
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.
