The Pumpkin Eater

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.

• Jack ClaytonDirector
• Harold PinterScreenplay
• Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer

• Anne BancroftJo Armitage
• Peter FinchJake Armitage
• James MasonBob Conway
• Janine GrayBeth Conway
• Cedric HardwickeMr. James - Jo's father
• Rosalind AtkinsonMrs. James - Jo's mother
• Alan WebbMr. Armitage - Jake's father
• Richard JohnsonGiles
• Maggie SmithPhilpot
• Anthony NichollsSurgeon
• Yootha JoyceWoman at Hairdresser's
• John JunkinUndertaker