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Draughtsman's Contract


Date: 1982
Type: Period drama/ thriller
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Peter Greenaway
Producer: David Payne

Comment/Synopsis

This is an intriguing variation of a restoration comedy in which Anthony Higgins is an artist who is commissioned to paint 12 views of Janet Suzman's husband's house and estate. He is paid for this by favours from the mistress of the house and then from her daughter. The master of the house disappears and is found murdered, but suspicion falls upon the artist as the murderer and also for his affairs with the mistress and her married daughter.

Actors


Anthony HigginsAnthony Higgins
Janet SuzmanJanet Suzman
Anne Louise Lambert
Hugh Fraser
Neil Cunningham
Dave Hill
David Gant
Lynda La Plante

Oscars

None
Production
British Film Institute
Channel Four Television
Draughtsman's Contract