Butley (1974)
His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.
94 min
Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
- Release date
- January 21, 1974
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
Trailer
Cast
- Alan Bates as Ben Butley
- Jessica Tandy as Edna Shaft
- Richard O'Callaghan as Joey Keystone
- Georgina Hale as Carol Heasman
- Michael Byrne as Reg Nuttall
- Susan Engel as Anne Butley
- Simon Rouse as Gardner
- Oliver Maguire as Man in the Tube
- Colin Haigh as First Student
- Darien Angadi as Second Student
Crew
- Harold Pinter · Director
- Simon Gray · Writer
- Ely A. Landau · Producer
- Gerry Fisher · Cinematographer
- Malcolm Cooke · Editor