Secret Friends

Directed by Dennis Potter
June 21, 1991    1h 37mDrama, Fantasy
4.93.5
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.

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  • Alan BatesJohn
  • Gina BellmanHelen
  • Frances BarberAngela
  • Tony DoyleMartin
  • Joanna DavidKate
  • Colin JeavonsVicar
  • Rowena CooperVicar's Wife
  • Ian McNeiceFirst Businessman
  • Davyd HarriesSecond Businessman
  • Niven BoydBR Steward / Patient
  • Martin WhitingYoung John
  • Roy HamiltonSinger
  • Dave SwiftMusician
  • Nicholas Russell-PavierMusician / Music
  • Colin RyanMusician
  • Dennis PotterDirector / Novel
  • Robert Michael GeislerExecutive Producer
  • Alison BarnettAssociate Producer
  • Rosemary PadvaiskasProducer
  • John RoberdeauExecutive Producer

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