---
title: 'The Pumpkin Eater (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Clayton'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pumpkin-eater-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058500/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

1964 · 118 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Clayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-clayton)
- **Screenplay:** [Harold Pinter](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-pinter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [John and James Woolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-and-james-woolf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Jim Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-clark)

## Cast

- [Eric Porter](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-porter)
- [Richard Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-johnson)
- [Anne Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bancroft)
- [Maggie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-smith)
- [Alan Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-webb)
- [Peter Finch](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-finch)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)

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