Movie
The Draughtsman's Contract
“A landscape of lust and cunning.”
HistoryMysteryComedy
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
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Details
- Directed by
- Peter Greenaway
- Released
- 12 Nov 1982
- Status
- Released
- Language
- English
- Studio
- BFI, Channel Four Films
- Budget
- $370,800
- Box office
- $2,256,246
- Votes
- 276 on TMDB
Cast
Anthony HigginsMr. Neville
Janet SuzmanVirginia Herbert
Dave HillHerbert
Alastair G. CummingPhilip - Mr. Neville's assistant (as Alastair Cummings)
Anne-Louise LambertSarah Talmann
Hugh FraserMr. Talmann- NNeil CunninghamThomas Noyes
David MeyerPoulenc Brother
Tony MeyerPoulenc Brother- NNicholas AmerMr Parkes
Suzan CrowleyMrs Pierpont
Lynda La PlanteMrs Clement
Michael FeastThe Statue
David GantSeymour
