The Draughtsman's Contract
A landscape of lust and cunning.
1982 en 108 minutes
Rating: 7.064
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
Anthony Higgins
Mr. Neville
Janet Suzman
Virginia Herbert
Dave Hill
Herbert
Anne-Louise Lambert
Sarah Talmann
Hugh Fraser
Mr. Talmann
Neil Cunningham
Thomas Noyes
David Meyer
Poulenc Brother
Tony Meyer
Poulenc Brother
Nicholas Amer
Mr Parkes
Suzan Crowley
Mrs Pierpont
Lynda La Plante
Mrs Clement
Michael Feast
The Statue
David Gant
Seymour
Alastair Cumming
Philip
Steve Ubels
Hoyten
Ben Kirby
Augustus
Sylvia Rotter
Governess
Kate Doherty
Maid
David Joss Buckley
Mr. Porringer
Vivienne Chandler
Laundress
Geoffrey Larder
Mr. Hammond
Harry Van Engel
Servant
