The Basement

The Basement

The Basement

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The Basement

1967

0h 55m

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Overview

An uneasy friendship between an introspective loner and a more gregarious man is renewed when the latter turns up at the former's basement flat one rainy night accompanied by an enigmatic, beautiful, mostly silent, girlfriend.

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BBC

Cast & Crew

3 members

Acting

Derek Godfrey

Law

Derek Godfrey

Acting

Kika Markham

Jane

Kika Markham

Writing

Harold Pinter

Stott

Harold Pinter

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