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The Caretaker

7.419641h 45mPGMovieDrama

Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time…

DirectorClive Donner
WriterHarold Pinter
ProducerMichael Birkett

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Cast · Directed by Clive Donner

ABAlan Bates
Alan Bates
Mick
DPDonald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
RSRobert Shaw
Robert Shaw
Aston
HPHarold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Man

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