Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John ‘Joe’ Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as ‘What the Butler Saw’ and ‘Loot’, Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair’s future looks increasingly uncertain.
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Genre: Drama
Year: 1987
Duration: 111 Min
Country:United Kingdom
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Language:English
Director:Stephen Frears
Cast:Ahmed Elgheur, Alfred Molina, Angus MacKay, Anthony Douse, Antony Carrick, Bert Parnaby, Charles McKeown, Charlotte Wodehouse, Christopher Guinee, Dave Atkins, David Bradley, David Cardy, Derek Jarman, Eric Richard, Frances Barber, Garry Cooper, Gary Oldman, Helena Michell, James Grant, Jane Blackburn, Janet Dale, Joan Sanderson, Joanne Connelly, John Kane, John Moffatt, John Salthouse, Jonny Phillips, Julie Legrand, Julie Walters, Karl Johnson, Liam De Staic, Linda Spurrier, Lindsay Duncan, Margaret Tyzack, Mark Brignal, Max Stafford-Clark, Michael Müller, Moktar Dagmouni, Neil Dudgeon, Neville Smith, Noel Davis, Philippa Davies, Richard Ireson, Richard Wilson, Robin Hooper, Roger Lloyd Pack, Rosalind Knight, Sean Pertwee, Selina Cadell, Sian Thomas, Simon Adams, Spencer Leigh, Stella Richman, Stephen Bill, Stevan Rimkus, Steven Mackintosh, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, William Job
