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The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party

1987•1h 50m•6.7/10
TV MovieDramaMystery

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6.7/10(3)

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.]

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Stanley Webber

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Meg Bowles

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Nat Goldberg

Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Shamus McCann

Julie Walters

Julie Walters

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Robert Lang

Petey Bowles

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