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7.4Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...
Released: 1964-01-21105 minDir: Clive DonnerDrama
Cast
- Alan Bates as Mick
- Donald Pleasence as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
- Robert Shaw as Aston
- Harold Pinter as Man
Themes
- boarding house
- black and white
- homeless man
- home renovation
- 1960s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Caretaker
- Director
- Clive Donner
- Screenwriter
- Harold Pinter
- Cast member
- Robert Shaw
- Composer
- Ron Grainer
- Cinematographer
- Nicolas Roeg
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559319
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- publication date
- 1963-01-01
- title
- The Caretaker
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 8.5/10
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