Bartleby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-11-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

78 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (148 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Friedman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Paul Scofield John McEnery Thorley Walters Colin Jeavons

Writer:

Rodney Carr-Smith

Anthony Friedman

Herman Melville (story)

Fullplot:

Updated to 1970s London, this faithful adaptation of Herman Melville's classic follows a young accounting clerk rebelling against his employer by responding to demands to do work by saying, "I prefer not to." This is carried on ad absurdum until the office is in chaos because the other employees must do Bartleby's work. His boss is unable to fire or help him and eventually has him placed in a mental hospital. Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons), John McEnery (The Duellists) and Thorley Walters (TV's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy") star in this impeccably mounted study of employment, insanity, and the rigors of everyday life from one of literature's most acclaimed geniuses.

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