What the Butler Saw
1987, English. Directed by Barry Davis.
White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 23 May 1987
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Joe Orton
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What the Butler Saw runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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What the Butler Saw isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 May 1987. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed What the Butler Saw?
What the Butler Saw (1987) was directed by Barry Davis and stars Dinsdale Landen, Prunella Scales, Timothy West.