Butley

Name: Butley
Director: Harold Pinter
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-01-21
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Simon Rouse

Directed by Harold Pinter

Drama

19742h 7m6.5

Overview

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.