Synopsis
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BiermanDirector
- Alan PlaterScreenplay
- Mike BattOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Helena Bonham CarterRosemary
- Richard E. GrantGordon Comstock
- Julian WadhamRavelston
- Jim CarterErskine
- Harriet WalterJulia Comstock
- Lesley VickerageHermione
- Barbara Leigh-HuntMrs. Wisbeach
- Liz SmithMrs Meakin
- John CleggMcKechnie
- Malcolm SinclairPaul Doring
- Ben MilesRavenscroft Waiter
- Dorothy AtkinsonDora
Stills
Themes
englandpoetpovertywriter