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The Birthday Party

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.

Credits

The Birthday Party Cast

Name Character
Robert Shaw He was 41, 51 years old when he died as Stanley Webber
Dandy Nichols She was 61, 78 years old when she died as Meg Bowles
Patrick Magee He was 46, 60 years old when he died as Shamus McCann
Moultrie Kelsall He was 67, 78 years old when he died as Pete Bowles
Sydney Tafler He was 52, 63 years old when he died as Nat Goldberg
Helen Fraser She was 26, now 81 years old as Lulu

The Birthday Party Crew

Name Department
Eddie Knight as Makeup Artist. He was 43 (71) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Denys N. Coop as Director of Photography. He was 48 (61) years old when He died Camera
Edward Marshall as Art Direction. He was 370 (77) years old when He died Art
Alan Pattillo as Sound Editor. He was 39 (91) years old when He died Sound
Antony Gibbs as Editor. He was 43 (90) years old when He died Editing
Edgar J. Scherick as Executive Producer. He was 44 (78) years old when He died Production
Milton Subotsky as Producer. He was 47 (69) years old when He died Production
Norman Bolland as Sound Recordist. He was 52 (80) years old when He died Sound
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The Birthday Party (55 years)

  • Release day: Monday, December 09, 1968
  • Runtime: 123 minutes