Directed by:
Peter YatesCinematography:
Kelvin PikeComposer:
James HornerCast:
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison, Lockwood West, Sheila Reid, Sandra Gough, Zena Walker, Kathy Staff (more)VOD (1)
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In a touring Shakespearean theatre group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. Adapted from the play by Ronald Harwood of the same name, The Dresser was directed by Peter Yates, and stars Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Albert Finney
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Big Fish (2003)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Tom Courtenay
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
King Rat (1965)
Edward Fox
UK
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Gandhi (1982)
Eileen Atkins
UK
Best movies:
Cold Mountain (2003)
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
The Hours (2002)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Cathryn Harrison
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
Lockwood West
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
The Dresser (1983)
Sheila Reid
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
Brazil (1985)
Sandra Gough
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Zena Walker
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Cromwell (1970)
Kathy Staff
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Llewellyn Rees
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Kevin Stoney
India
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Murder at the Gallop (1963) - a.f.
Roger Avon
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Dresser (1983)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Ann Way
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Brazil (1985)
Johnny Maxfield
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Donald Eccles
UK
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Dresser (1983)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
John Sharp
UK
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Alan Starkey
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)