The Caretaker

7.2
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 1964. January 21.

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 Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...

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Donald Pleasence

Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

Art

Reece Pemberton

Art Direction

Camera

Nicolas Roeg

Director of Photography

Alex Thomson

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Jill Carpenter

Makeup Artist

Crew

Directing

Clive Donner

Director

Lee Turner

Continuity

Editing

Simon Napier-Bell

Assistant Editor

Production

Noël Coward

Associate Producer

Elizabeth Taylor

Associate Producer

Richard Burton

Associate Producer

Sound

Ron Grainer

Original Music Composer

Bob Allen

Sound Recordist

Writing

Art

Reece Pemberton

Art Direction

Camera

Nicolas Roeg

Director of Photography

Alex Thomson

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Jill Carpenter

Makeup Artist

Crew

Directing

Clive Donner

Director

Lee Turner

Continuity

Editing

Simon Napier-Bell

Assistant Editor

Production

Noël Coward

Associate Producer

Elizabeth Taylor

Associate Producer

Richard Burton

Associate Producer

Sound

Ron Grainer

Original Music Composer

Bob Allen

Sound Recordist

Writing