The Pumpkin Eater

1964·110'

Jack Clayton

Drama

English

Letterboxd TMDB #69557

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.

Cast

Anne Bancroft Jo Armitage Peter Finch Jake Armitage James Mason Bob Conway Janine Gray Beth Conway Cedric Hardwicke Mr. James - Jo's father Rosalind Atkinson Mrs. James - Jo's mother Alan Webb Mr. Armitage - Jake's father Richard Johnson Giles Maggie Smith Philpot Anthony Nicholls Surgeon Yootha Joyce Woman at Hairdresser's John Junkin Undertaker