Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · 1 hr 45 min
R7.179%95%67%
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
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Directed By
Stephen FrearsWritten By
Alan BennettStudio
British Screen Productions, Civilhand, Zenith EntertainmentCast of Prick Up Your Ears
Gary OldmanJoe Orton
Alfred MolinaKenneth Halliwell
Vanessa RedgravePeggy Ramsay
Frances BarberLeonie Orton
Lindsay DuncanAnthea Lahr
Julie WaltersElsie Orton
Wallace ShawnJohn Lahr
Janet DaleMrs. Sugden
Dave AtkinsMr Sugden
Garry CooperMr. Sloane Actor
Roger Lloyd PackActor 2
Sean PertweeOrton's Friends
Helena MichellOrton's Friends
Selina CadellMiss Battersby
Neil DudgeonPoliceman
Richard WilsonPsychiatrist
Steven MackintoshSimon Ward
Karl JohnsonDouglas Orton
David BradleyUndertaker
Joan SandersonAnthea's Mother
Spencer LeighConstable
Neville SmithPolice Inspector
John SalthouseChauffeur
David CardyBrian Epstein
John MoffattWigmaker
Charles McKeownMr Cunliffe
Margaret TyzackMadame Lambert
James GrantWilliam Orton
Eric RichardEducation Officer
William JobRADA Chairman
Rosalind KnightRADA Judge
Angus MacKayRADA Judge
Linda SpurrierRADA Instructor
Charlotte WodehouseJanet
Bert ParnabyMagistrate
Liam De StaicBrickie
Antony CarrickCounsel
Christopher GuineePublisher
Stevan RimkusKenneth
Anthony DouseBBC Actor 2
John KaneDirector
Joanne ConnellyStage Manager
Noel DavisPhilip
Philippa DaviesPeggy Ramsey's Secretary
Julie LegrandGallery Owner
Jane BlackburnWoman in Gallery
Stella RichmanWoman in Gallery 2
Jonny PhillipsYouth Outside Lavatory
Richard IresonMan Outside Lavatory
Ahmed ElgheurMoroccan Boy 1
Moktar DagmouniMoroccan Boy 2
Sian ThomasMarilyn Orton
Stephen BillGeorge Barnett
Max Stafford-ClarkAwards Chairman
Simon AdamsUndertaker's Boy
Mark BrignalBeatle's Chauffeur
Robin HooperMortuary Attendant
Derek JarmanPatrick Proktor
Michael MüllerBBC Actor 1
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