The Caretaker

Given electro-shock treatment when younger, Aston is wary of people but when Davies is down and out Aston takes him in for the night. Lost in a shoeless world, chasing papers in Sidcup, he soon fancies his chances at something more permanent. Then Mick shows up. As the odd couple becomes an odd number, who will be the odd man out?

This psychological study of the confluence of power, allegiance, innocence, and corruption among two brothers and a tramp, became Pinter's first significant commercial success.