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The Dresser (1983)

What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.

  • Dec 6, 1983
  • 1h 58m
  • PG

6.8/10

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84 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

The Dresser is a 1983 drama film directed by Peter Yates. Its leading cast includes Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay and Edward Fox. It runs for 1 hour 58 minutes.

Synopsis

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

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Time needed
1 hour 58 minutes
Age rating (US)
PG
Language
English
Audience signal
6.8/10 from 84 TMDB votes

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Cast

  • Albert Finney Sir
  • Tom Courtenay Norman
  • Edward Fox Oxenby
  • Zena Walker Her Ladyship
  • Eileen Atkins Madge
  • Michael Gough Frank Carrington
  • Cathryn Harrison Irene
  • Betty Marsden Violet Manning
  • Sheila Reid Lydia Gibson
  • Lockwood West Geoffrey Thornton
  • Donald Eccles Mr. Godstone
  • Llewellyn Rees Horace Brown
  • Guy Manning Benton
  • Anne Blackman Beryl
  • Kevin Stoney C. Rivers Lane
  • Ann Way Miss White
  • John Sharp Mr. Bottomley
  • Kathy Staff Bombazine Woman

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