Bartleby (1972 film)

Bartleby is a 1972 British drama film directed by Anthony Friedman and starring Paul Scofield, John McEnery and Thorley Walters. It is an adaptation of the short story Bartleby, the Scrivener A Story of Wallstreet by Herman Melville. The film relocates the narrative from New York in the 1850s to London in the 1970s.

TV Guide wrote the film is brooding, slow, and annoying at times, but the vision of McEnery as Bartleby is not easily forgotten. Scofield...gives a supremely intelligent portrayal of a man caught between logic and emotion.

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