What the Butler Saw

White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.

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Release Date

May 23, 1987

Status

Released

Original Title

What the Butler Saw

Runtime

1h 25min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC