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Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Harold PinterWriter
- Clive DonnerDirector
- Ron GrainerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan BatesMick
- Donald PleasenceMac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
- Robert ShawAston
- Harold PinterMan
Stills
Themes
boarding houseblack and whitehomeless manhome renovation1960s