The Guest

Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Sellers, Richard Burton, Noel Coward, and 10 others each put up about $15,000 to make this movie. The stars and creative team all went on deferment, and everyone had a piece of the action. We wonder if they ever got a farthing. Pinter is the most highly stylized author around today (with the exception of Samuel Beckett), and if you don't like pauses, pregnant or otherwise, you might hate this movie. The plot is deceptive. Pleasence is a tramp who is invited to stay in a house owned by Alan Bates. But he is asked to the house by Bates' brother, Robert Shaw. For the remainder of the film, the two brothers use Pleasence as a volleyball, tossing...