A wealthy layabout (Fox) hires a manservant (Bogarde) to tend to his Chelsea townhouse but becomes overpowered as his new hire turns his idle life upside down. The Servant marked the first of three collaborations between American expatriate Losey and screenwriter Pinter. In this scathing critique of the oppressive English class system, Losey is at his most stylistically flamboyant, creating several memorable shots filmed through a distorted convex mirror.