The Pumpkin Eater
“A Much Married Woman Who Drifts From Husband to Husband!”
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.
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Cast
35 people
Anne Bancroft
Jo Armitage
Known for
The Graduate
The Elephant Man
Peter Finch
Jake Armitage
Known for
Network
Sunday Bloody Sunday
James Mason
Bob Conway
Known for
Lolita
North by Northwest
Janine Gray
Beth Conway
Also in
Panic
The Americanization of Emily
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. James - Jo's father
Known for
Rope
Suspicion
Rosalind Atkinson
Mrs. James - Jo's mother
Also in
Tom Jones
The Portrait of a Lady
Alan Webb
Mr. Armitage - Jake's father
Known for
The First Great Train Robbery
The Canterbury Tales
Richard Johnson
Giles
Known for
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Maggie Smith
Philpot
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Downton Abbey
Anthony Nicholls
Surgeon
Known for
The Omen
Victim
Yootha Joyce
Woman at Hairdresser's
Known for
A Man for All Seasons
Fanatic
John Junkin
Undertaker
Known for
A Hard Day's Night
The Football Factory
Jack Clayton Director · Harold Pinter Screenplay Penelope Mortimer Author
Worldwide gross $1.2M · First release July 16, 1964 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Production
Romulus Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 16, 1964
Theatrical · Originally X
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 13, 1964 · Theatrical
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