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Prick Up Your Ears

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on BBC Two England

Biographical drama of homosexual playwright Joe Orton, concluding tonight's double bill starring Gary Oldman
Also starring Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave

Told in flashback from his days as a youth in Leicester to his success as a playwright in London, this film deals with Joe Orton's volatile relationship with his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, which was destined to end in tragedy.
(1987, 18)
See Films: pages 43-79

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Contributors

Director:
Stephen Frears
Joe Orton:
Gary Oldman
Kenneth Halliwell:
Alfred Molina
Peggy Ramsay:
Vanessa Redgrave
John Lahr:
Wallace Shawn
Anthea Lahr:
Lindsay Duncan
Elsie Orton:
Julie Walters
William Orton:
James Grant
Source: Radio Times

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