The Dresser

Plot

In a touring Shakespearean theater 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 ... read more

  • Peter Yates

    Director

  • Ronald Harwood

    Screenplay

  • Ronald Harwood

    Theatre Play

  • Kelvin Pike

    Director of Photography

  • Ray Lovejoy

    Editor

  • Albert Finney

    Sir

  • Tom Courtenay

    Norman

  • Edward Fox

    Oxenby

  • Zena Walker

    Her Ladyship

  • Eileen Atkins

    Madge

  • Michael Gough

    Frank Carrington

  • Cathryn Harrison

    Irene

  • Betty Marsden

    Violet Manning

  • Sheila Reid

    Lydia Gibson

  • Lockwood West

    Geoffrey Thornton

  • Donald Eccles

    Mr. Godstone

  • Llewellyn Rees

    Horace Brown

  • Guy Manning

    Benton

  • Anne Blackman

    Beryl

  • Kevin Stoney

    C. Rivers Lane

  • Ann Way

    Miss White

  • John Sharp

    Mr. Bottomley

  • Kathy Staff

    Bombazine Woman

  • Roger Avon

    Charles

  • Christopher Irvin

    Evelyn the Airman

  • Stuart Richman

    Evelyn's Friend

  • Sandra Gough

    Actress on Station

  • Joe Belcher

    Arthur

  • Johnny Maxfield

    Electrician

  • Paul Luty

    Stallkeeper

  • Lori Wells

    Barmaid

  • Alan Starkey

    Train Guard

  • Ralph G. Morse

    Man at Station (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    118 minutes

    Released

    1983-12-06

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • James Horner

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    319 days ago

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