Butley(1974)

movie - first aired/released 1974-01-21 - 127 min - audience 6.7

Drama

Directed by Harold Pinter

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.