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Status
Released
Release
1982
Runtime
1h 9m
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
23 Cast Members
Nigel Williams
Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
John Lahr
Self - Biographer
Leonie Orton
Self - Sister
Douglas Orton
Self - Brother
Eleanor Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
Aldo Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
Richard O'Donoghue
Self - RADA Administrator
Margaret Whiting
Self - Friend
Richard Braine
Self - Publisher
Charles Monteith
Self - Publisher
Jim Connell
Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
Sidney Porett
Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
Margaret Ramsey
Self - Theatrical Agent
Kenneth Williams
Self
Charles Marowitz
Self - First West End Director of Loot
Kenneth Cranham
Self
Peter Willes
Self - TV Producer of Orton's Plays
Paul Moriarty
Truscott - Loot
Dinah Stabb
Fay - Loot
Paul Shearer
Hal - Loot
