Movie·1974·127 min

Butley

Name: Butley
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-01-21
Duration: 127 min
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Simon Rouse

Butley streams in the US on Kino Film Collection and Kanopy, and free with ads on Plex, Plex Channel and 1 more app, as of October 5, 2026.

His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.

6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Drama

Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.

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