Overview
Plot
A brash young draftsman is hired to draw landscapes at an estate, where the wife offers a sexual liaison. When her husband is murdered, clues in the drawings point to the killer.
- Directors
- Peter Greenaway
- Cast
- Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Dave Hill, Alastair G. Cumming, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicholas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda La Plante, Michael Feast, David Gant, Steve Ubels, Ben Kirby, Sylvia Rotter, Kate Doherty, David Joss Buckley, Vivienne Chandler
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Genre
- History, Mystery, Comedy
- Release date
- 1982-11-12
- Studios
- BFI, Channel Four Films
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Draughtsman's Contract Plot and Cast
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is commissioned to produce a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr. Herbert and his wife, Virginia. Beyond his fee, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison with Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But after Mr. Herbert's murdered body is discovered on the estate, mysterious clues embedded in Neville's drawings begin to reveal the killer's identity.
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