The Servant Movie Review 1963

A dark, intriguing examination of British class hypocrisy and the master-servant relationship. Wealthy, bored aristocratic playboy Tony (Fox) is ruined by his socially inferior but crafty and ambitious Cockney manservant Hugo (Bogarde). Playwright Harold Pinter wrote the adaptation of Robin Maugham's novel in his first collaboration with expatriate American director Losey. The best kind of British societal navel-gazing.

Distribution

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Wrong Side of the Tracks, Great Britain, The Help: Male

Screenplay

Harold Pinter

Cast

Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, Catherine Lacey, Richard Vernon

Cinematography

Douglas Slocombe

Director

Joseph Losey

Music

John Dankworth

Producer

Springbok Productions, Landau Unger

Awards

British Acad. 1963: Actor (Bogarde); N.Y. Film Critics 1964: Screenplay.