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Butley (1974)

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Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.

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1974-01-21

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alcohol college based on play or musical lgbt theater english professor

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Runtime: 127 mins Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.

Cast

Michael Byrne

Reg Nuttall

Jessica Tandy

Edna Shaft

Derrick O'Connor

Colin Haigh

Alan Bates

Ben Butley

Georgina Hale

Carol Heasman

Richard O'Callaghan

John Savident

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Crew

Eddie Knight

Makeup Artist

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

Harold Pinter

Director

Malcolm Cooke

Editor

Gerry Fisher

Director of Photography

Henry T. Weinstein

Executive Producer

Simon Gray

Writer

Robert A. Goldston

Supervising Producer

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