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The Birthday Party (1968)

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party". Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.

  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • Thriller

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Robert ShawRobert ShawStanley Webber
  • Photo of Patrick MageePatrick MageeShamus McCann
  • Photo of Dandy NicholsDandy NicholsMeg Bowles
  • Photo of Sydney TaflerSydney TaflerNat Goldberg
  • Photo of Moultrie KelsallMoultrie KelsallPete Bowles
  • Photo of Helen FraserHelen FraserLulu

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