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In North London, an all-male bee-hive of inactivity is ruled with a foul mouth and an iron hand by the abusive Max (Paul Rogers) and his brother, the priggish palace eunuch Sam (Cyril Cusack). Rounding out the precision vulgarity of The Homecoming's "situation tragedy" are the sons, punch-drunk demolition man Joey (Terence Rigby) and the magnificent Ian Holm as pimp-smart Lenny. When, under cover of darkness, the prodigal son Teddy (Michael Jayston) brings his wife Ruth (Vivien Merchant) home to meet his family for the first time, he gets far more and less than he bargained for. To Teddy's rueful discomfort, Ruth's Mona Lisa smile forms the gateway to a labyrinth of Freudian dread, venal family values and naked neediness that could only come from the mind of Harold Pinter. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Paul Rogers
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
Vivien Merchant
UK
Best movies:
Frenzy (1972)
Alfie (1966)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV movie)
Terence Rigby
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Watership Down (1978)
Elizabeth (1998)
Michael Jayston
UK
Best movies:
Cromwell (1970)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie) - narrator
Foyle's War (2002) (series)