The Pumpkin Eater

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

CAST

Anne BancroftJo Armitage

Peter FinchJake Armitage

James MasonBob Conway

Janine GrayBeth Conway

Cedric HardwickeMr. James - Jo's father

Rosalind AtkinsonMrs. James - Jo's mother

Alan WebbMr. Armitage - Jake's father

Richard JohnsonGiles

Maggie SmithPhilpot

Anthony NichollsSurgeon

Yootha JoyceWoman at Hairdresser's

John JunkinUndertaker

John Franklyn-RobbinsParson

Frank SinguineauKing of Israel

Gerald SimMan at Party