The Dresser [42122] Released: 1983-12-06 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 118 mins Popularity: 0.7476 Vote Average: 6.7 Vote Count: 71 Overview: In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis. Cast [28] Albert FinneySir Tom CourtenayNorman Edward FoxOxenby Zena WalkerHer Ladyship Eileen AtkinsMadge Michael GoughFrank Carrington Cathryn HarrisonIrene Betty MarsdenViolet Manning Sheila ReidLydia Gibson Lockwood WestGeoffrey Thornto Donald EcclesMr. Godstone Llewellyn ReesHorace Brown Guy ManningBenton Anne BlackmanBeryl Kevin StoneyC. Rivers Lane Ann WayMiss White John SharpMr. Bottomley Kathy StaffBombazine Woman Roger AvonCharles Christopher IrvinEvelyn the Airma Stuart RichmanEvelyn's Friend Sandra GoughActress on Stati Joe BelcherArthur Johnny MaxfieldElectrician Paul LutyStallkeeper Lori WellsBarmaid Alan StarkeyTrain Guard Ralph G. MorseMan at Station Trailers