Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Gary Oldman	...	Joe Orton
	Alfred Molina	...	Kenneth Halliwell
	Vanessa Redgrave	...	Peggy Ramsay
	Frances Barber	...	Leonie Orton
	Janet Dale	...	Mrs. Sugden
	Julie Walters	...	Elsie Orton
	Bert Parnaby	...	The Magistrate
	Margaret Tyzack	...	Madame Lambert
	Lindsay Duncan	...	Anthea Lahr
	Wallace Shawn	...	John Lahr
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Simon Adams	...	Undertaker's Boy
	Dave Atkins	...	Mr. Sugden
	John Bailey	...	Wigmaker
	Stephen Bill	...	George Barnett
	Jane Blackburn	...	1st Woman in Gallery

Storyline

This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. In his teens, Orton is befriended by the older, more reserved Kenneth Halliwell, and while the two begin a relationship, it's fairly obvious that it's not all about sex. Orton loves the dangers of bath-houses and liaisons in public restrooms; Halliwell, not as charming or attractive as Orton, doesn't fare so well in those environs. While both long to become writers, it is Orton who achieves fame - his plays "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" and "Loot" become huge hits in London of the sixties, and he's even commissioned to write a screenplay for the Beatles. But Orton's success takes him farther from Halliwell, whose response ended both his life and the life of the up-and-coming playwright. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>  

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