 This film takes a sharp look at British class relations via a dramatic turning of the tables between a dainty Oxbridge twit bachelor (played by a young and dapper  James Fox (I)  (qv)) and his contemptuous manservant ( Dirk Bogarde  (qv)). Bogarde s servant slowly realizes and exploits his expanding powers over his "master" as Fox steadily loses his authority and becomes enslaved to his own "employee".