The Draughtsman's Contract
12/11/1982
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.
Movie Information
Anthony Higgins
as Mr. Neville
Janet Suzman
as Virginia Herbert
Dave Hill
as Herbert
Anne-Louise Lambert
as Sarah Talmann
Hugh Fraser
as Mr. Talmann
Neil Cunningham
as Thomas Noyes
David Meyer
as Poulenc Brother
Tony Meyer
as Poulenc Brother
Nicholas Amer
as Mr Parkes
Suzan Crowley
as Mrs Pierpont
Lynda La Plante
as Mrs Clement
Michael Feast
as The Statue
David Gant
as Seymour
Alastair Cumming
as Philip
Steve Ubels
as Hoyten
Ben Kirby
as Augustus
Sylvia Rotter
as Governess
Kate Doherty
as Maid
David Joss Buckley
as Mr. Porringer
Vivienne Chandler
as Laundress
Geoffrey Larder
as Mr. Hammond
Harry Van Engel
as Servant
