The Birthday Party (1968)

  • PG-13
  • 12/09/1968 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy, Thriller
  • 2h 3m

Overview

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party". Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.

William Friedkin

Director

Harold Pinter

Screenplay

Cast

Robert Shaw's headshot

Robert Shaw

Stanley Webber
Patrick Magee's headshot

Patrick Magee

Shamus McCann
Dandy Nichols's headshot

Dandy Nichols

Meg Bowles
Sydney Tafler's headshot

Sydney Tafler

Nat Goldberg
Moultrie Kelsall's headshot

Moultrie Kelsall

Pete Bowles
Helen Fraser's headshot

Helen Fraser

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