The Dresser (1983)

ALL 12/06/1983 (en) Drama 118 Min
  • Release
    12/06/1983
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    The Dresser
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Peter Yates

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ray Lovejoy

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Albert Finney

    Sir

  2. Tom Courtenay

    Norman

  3. Edward Fox

    Oxenby

  4. Zena Walker

    Her Ladyship

  5. Eileen Atkins

    Madge

  6. Michael Gough

    Frank Carrington

  7. Cathryn Harrison

    Irene

  8. Betty Marsden

    Violet Manning

  9. Sheila Reid

    Lydia Gibson

  10. Lockwood West

    Geoffrey Thornton

  11. Donald Eccles

    Mr. Godstone

  12. Llewellyn Rees

    Horace Brown

  13. Guy Manning

    Benton

  14. Anne Blackman

    Beryl

  15. Kevin Stoney

    C. Rivers Lane

  16. Ann Way

    Miss White

  17. John Sharp

    Mr. Bottomley

  18. Kathy Staff

    Bombazine Woman

  19. Roger Avon

    Charles

  20. Christopher Irvin

    Evelyn the Airman

  21. Stuart Richman

    Evelyn's Friend

  22. Sandra Gough

    Actress on Station

  23. Joe Belcher

    Arthur

  24. Johnny Maxfield

    Electrician

  25. Paul Luty

    Stallkeeper

  26. Lori Wells

    Barmaid

  27. Alan Starkey

    Train Guard

  28. Ralph G. Morse

    Man at Station (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 28 , Crews : 23

Keyword

The Dresser (1983) 118 Min

ALL 12/06/1983 (en)
Drama
  • Release 12/06/1983
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures
  • Original title The Dresser
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Peter Yates

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ray Lovejoy

    Editor

  4. Ronald Harwood, Peter Yates

    Producer