Butley (1974)

2h 7m · Directed by Harold Pinter

Starring Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Simon Rouse

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.