What the Butler Saw

What the Butler Saw

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1987-05-23

White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.

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White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.

Released

1987-05-23

Runtime

85

Director

Barry Davis

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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English

Production

BBC

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    Dinsdale Landen

    Dinsdale Landen
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    Prunella Scales

    Prunella Scales
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    Timothy West

    Timothy West
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    Tyler Butterworth

    Tyler Butterworth
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    Tessa Peake-Jones

    Tessa Peake-Jones
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    Bryan Pringle

    Bryan Pringle