Butley (1974)

Name: Butley
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-01-21
Duration: 127 min
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Simon Rouse

His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.

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.

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Released 1974-01-21 · 127 min · Drama

Directed by Harold Pinter

Cast

Alan Bates as Ben Butley
Jessica Tandy as Edna Shaft
Michael Byrne as Reg Nuttall
Georgina Hale as Carol Heasman
Simon Rouse as Gardner
Susan Engel as Anne Butley
Richard O'Callaghan as Joey Keyston
Oliver Maguire
Darien Angadi
Colin Haigh
Lindsay Ingram
Patti Love
Belinda Low
Derrick O'Connor
John Savident