The Pumpkin Eater
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| The Pumpkin Eater | |
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| Directed by | Jack Clayton |
| Produced by | James Woolf |
| Written by | Penelope Mortimer (novel) Harold Pinter |
| Starring | Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Editing by | Jim Clark |
| Distributed by | Royal Films International (U.S.) Columbia Pictures (U.K.) |
| Release date(s) | 1964 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
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The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British film which tells the story of a woman who finds herself with unfaithful husband number three and pregnant with child number seven, unsure of where life is taking her. It stars Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch and James Mason with Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Johnson, Maggie Smith, Eric Porter, Alan Webb and Yootha Joyce.
The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the novel by Penelope Mortimer. It was directed by Jack Clayton. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Anne Bancroft).
