Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...
| Writing | Harold Pinter | Writer |
| Directing | Clive Donner | Director |
| Editing | Fergus McDonell | Editor |
| Production | Michael Birkett | Producer |
| Production | Richard Burton | Associate Producer |
| Production | Elizabeth Taylor | Associate Producer |
| Production | Noël Coward | Associate Producer |
| Art | Reece Pemberton | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Carpenter | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bob Allen | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Alex Thomson | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Simon Napier-Bell | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Lee Turner | Continuity |
| Crew | Peter Sellers | Thanks |
| Camera | Nicolas Roeg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ron Grainer | Original Music Composer |
