It was upon its release both an artistic and commercial success. Playwright Harold Pinter adapts it from the 1948 novella “The Servant” by Robin Maugham (nephew of Somerset).
“The once groundbreaking film seems more creepy than important nowadays.”Įxpatriate American director Joseph Losey’s (“The Prowler”/”Modesty Blaise”/”Accident”) bid for his first ‘prestige’ film might have upon its release seemed just that–a bold and insidious allegory on the moral decay and hypocrisy of the upper-crusts and how it might seem if the servant changed places with the master, but when viewed today the bleak psychological drama seems rather empty, dated and contrived. (director: Joseph Losey screenwriters: Harold Pinter/from the novel “The Servant” by Robin Maugham cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe editor: Reginald Mills music: John Dankworth cast: Dirk Bogarde (Hugo Barrett), Sarah Miles (Vera), Wendy Craig (Susan), James Fox (Tony), Catherine Lacey (Lady Mounset), Richard Vernon (Lord ounset), Ann Firbank (Society Woman), Doris Knox (Older Woman), Patrick Magee (Bishop), Jill Melford (Younger Woman), Alun Owen (Curate), Harold Pinter (Society Man), Derek Tansley (Head Waiter), Brian Phelan (Man in Pub), Hazel Terry (Woman in Bedroom), Philippa Hare (Girl in Bedroom), Dorothy Bromiley (Girl in Phone Box), Alison Seebohm (Girl in Pub), Chris Williams (Cashier in Coffee Bar), Gerry Duggan (Waiter) Runtime: 115 MPAA Rating: NR producer: Joseph Losey/Norman Priggen Anchor Bay 1963-UK)
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