Sir Ian Holm won the 1967 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Featured Actor in a Drama for "The Homecoming" as Lenny. He reprised the role in this movie.
The original Broadway production of "The Homecoming", by Harold Pinter, opened at the Music Box Theater in New York City on January 5, 1967. It ran for 324 performances and won the 1967 Tony Award for the Best Play. Sir Ian Holm, Vivien Merchant, and Terence Rigby reprised their roles in this movie. Sir Ian Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and Vivien Merchant was nominated for the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The playwright also wrote the screenplay for this movie.
MGM first announced this in 1967, with John Frankenheimer as director.
Vivien Merchant was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1977 for this film despite the fact the film was first released in the U.S. in October of 1973 and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1974.
The scenes inside the house were filmed at Shepperton Studios but the scenes outside were shot in Hackney, East London.
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