Butley

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

Butley — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 21, 1974
• Runtime
• 127 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Harold Pinter

Butley — Cast

Alan Bates Ben Butley Jessica Tandy Edna Shaft Michael Byrne Reg Nuttall Georgina Hale Carol Heasman Simon Rouse Gardner

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Susan Engel Anne Butley Richard O'Callaghan Joey Keyston Oliver Maguire