Movie

The Draughtsman's Contract

★ 7.1/10 · 272 votes 1982 1h 48m Released

HistoryMysteryComedy

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.

Cast

Anthony Higgins Mr. Neville Janet Suzman Virginia Herbert Dave Hill Herbert Anne-Louise Lambert Sarah Talmann Hugh Fraser Mr. Talmann N Neil Cunningham Thomas Noyes