The Pumpkin Eater
The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film starring Anne Bancroft as an unusually fertile woman, and Peter Finch as her philandering husband. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same name by Penelope Mortimer, and was directed by Jack Clayton. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater".
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| Production company | A Romulus-Jack Clayton Production |
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| Distributed by | Royal Films International (UK), Columbia Pictures (USA)
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| Running time | 118 minutes
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| Country | United Kingdom
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| Language | English
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| Box office | $1,200,000
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