The Birthday Party

Name: The Birthday Party
Director: William Friedkin
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1968-12-09
Duration: 123 min
Cast: Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols, Sydney Tafler, Moultrie Kelsall

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1968 · 123 min · PG-13 · Drama · Mystery · Thriller · TMDB 6.5/10

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.

Directed by William Friedkin

Cast

Robert Shaw — Stanley Webber
Patrick Magee — Shamus McCann
Dandy Nichols — Meg Bowles
Sydney Tafler — Nat Goldberg
Moultrie Kelsall — Pete Bowles