The Pumpkin Eater
| The Pumpkin Eater | |
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| Directed by | Jack Clayton |
| Screenplay by | Harold Pinter |
| Based on | The Pumpkin Eater 1962 novel by Penelope Mortimer |
| Produced by | James Woolf |
| Starring | Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason Cedric Hardwicke |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Color process | black and white |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 118 minutes 110 minutes (TCM print) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.2 million (US/Canada rentals) |
The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same title by Penelope Mortimer. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater".