The Dresser

1983    1h 58m    PG
7.5100%86%66%
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand, the dresser, Norman (Sir Tom Courtenay), is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support deteriorating star Sir (Albert Finney) 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.
Directed By
Peter Yates
Written By
Ronald Harwood
Studio
Columbia Pictures

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Cast of The Dresser
  • Albert FinneySir
  • Tom CourtenayNorman
  • Edward FoxOxenby
  • Zena WalkerHer Ladyship
  • Eileen AtkinsMadge
  • Michael GoughFrank Carrington
  • Cathryn HarrisonIrene
  • Betty MarsdenViolet Manning
  • Sheila ReidLydia Gibson
  • Lockwood WestGeoffrey Thornton
  • Donald EcclesMr. Godstone
  • Llewellyn ReesHorace Brown
  • Guy ManningBenton
  • Anne BlackmanBeryl
  • Kevin StoneyC. Rivers Lane
  • Ann WayMiss White
  • John SharpMr. Bottomley
  • Kathy StaffBombazine Woman
  • Roger AvonCharles
  • Christopher IrvinEvelyn the Airman
  • Stuart RichmanEvelyn's Friend
  • Sandra GoughActress on Station
  • Joe BelcherArthur
  • Johnny MaxfieldElectrician
  • Paul LutyStallkeeper
  • Lori WellsBarmaid
  • Alan StarkeyTrain Guard
  • Ralph G. MorseMan at Station (uncredited)
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