Bartleby (1970)
Updated to 1970s London, this faithful adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic follows a young accounting clerk rebelling against his employer by responding to demands to do work by saying, “I prefer not to.” This is carried on ad absurdum until the office is in chaos because the other employees must do Bartleby’s work. His boss is unable to fire or help him and eventually has him placed in a mental hospital.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Friedman, Doreen Dearnaley, Malcolm Johnson
Actors: Charles Kinross, Colin Jeavons, Hope Jackman, John McEnery, John Watson, Neville Barber, Paul Scofield, Raymond Mason, Robin Askwith, Thorley Walters