The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
"A landscape of lust and cunning."
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 97%
(RT: 97%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Janet Suzman as Virginia Herbert
Dave Hill as Herbert
Alastair G. Cumming as Philip - Mr. Neville's assistant (as Alastair Cummings)
Anne-Louise Lambert as Sarah Talmann
Hugh Fraser as Mr. Talmann
Neil Cunningham as Thomas Noyes
David Meyer as Poulenc Brother
Is The Draughtsman's Contract good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 276 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 97%.
Overview
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer. Wikipedia ↗
