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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 88% of the 781 1960s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
An indolent aristocrat gets more than he bargained for when he hires a competent but silently devious manservant.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
383 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph LoseyDirector
- John DankworthOriginal Music Composer
- Harold PinterScreenplay
Cast
- Dirk BogardeHugo Barrett
- James FoxTony
- Sarah MilesVera
- Wendy CraigSusan Stewart
- Catherine LaceyLady Agatha Mounset
- Richard VernonLord Willie Mounset
- Harold PinterPeople in Restaurant: Society Man
- Ann FirbankPeople in Restaurant: Society Woman
- Doris NolanPeople in Restaurant: Older Woman
- Patrick MageePeople in Restaurant: Bishop
- John DankworthJazz Band Leader (uncredited)
- Jill MelfordPeople in Restaurant: Younger Woman
Stills
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Themes
london, englandservantbachelormanipulationcon manrole reversalalcoholismfemme fatalesexual humiliationdownfallblack and whitealcohol abuse
The Best Movies of 1963
The Servant is #7 of 60
