The Birthday Party (film)

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The Birthday Party

Directed by	William Friedkin
Produced by	Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky
Written by	Harold Pinter
Starring	Robert Shaw Patrick Magee Dandy Nichols Sydney Tafler Moultrie Kelsall Helen Fraser
Cinematography	Denys Coop
Editing by	Antony Gibbs
Distributed by	Continental Motion Pictures Corporation
Release date(s)	December 9, 1968
Country	USA
Language	English
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The Birthday Party is a 1968 film directed by William Friedkin. This film tells the story of a lodger (Robert Shaw) who is menaced in a seaside boarding house by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Robert Shaw	Stanley Webber
Patrick Magee	Shamus McCann
Dandy Nichols	Meg Bowles
Sydney Tafler	Nat Goldberg
Moultrie Kelsall	Petey Bowles
Helen Fraser	Lulu
Bernadette Milnes	(uncredited)

[edit] External links

The Birthday Party at the Internet Movie Database
The Birthday Party at Allmovie
The Birthday Party at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by William Friedkin

Good Times (1967) • The Birthday Party (1968) • The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) • The Boys in the Band (1970) • The French Connection (1971) • The Exorcist (1973) • Sorcerer (1977) • The Brink's Job (1978) • Cruising (1980) • Deal of the Century (1983) • To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) • Rampage (1988) • The Guardian (1990) • Blue Chips (1994) • Jade (1995) • Rules of Engagement (2000) • The Hunted (2003) • Bug (2007)