The Birthday Party
Jun 21 1987
•2h 50m
•TV Movie, Drama, Mystery
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
Cast
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Kenneth Cranham
Stanley Webber
Joan Plowright
Meg Bowles
Harold Pinter
Nat Goldberg
Colin Blakely
Shamus McCann
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