Movie
The Hothouse
1964 · 60 min
A slow, tense chamber piece that watches a man's obsession quietly crowd out his marriage, leaving a melancholy, faintly satirical chill.
- Directed by
- Guy Verney
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Diana Rigg, Harry H. Corbett, Donald Churchill
- Tagline
- Wife or plants?
- Overview
- Tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in his teens - is now over forty and obsessed with developing the exotic plants in his hothouse.
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, dark and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, ambition, family, identity
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Guy Verney
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Diana Rigg, Harry H. Corbett, Donald Churchill




