The Servant

The homoerotic power games between master and servant take centre stage in this enthralling Harold Pinter adaptation.

Despite Harold Pinter's fear that Joseph Losey would turn his play into 'a completely homosexual picture', The Servant stands as one of the great critiques of British social and sexual mores. Power relationships between the classes fuel a sexual subtext about dominance and submission which goes beyond gender, The Servant stands out as one of the definitive adaptations of Pinter's work.

James Fox's Tony is dominated by both his posh fiancée (Wendy Craig) and his manservant (Dirk Bogarde). The ambiguity of this relationship makes the film shocking. The suggestion that all British social mores are based on a perversity was and still is, revolutionary.