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A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982)
Directed by Pamela Brighton, Nigel Williams
Documentary · 1h 09m
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
Cast
Nigel Williams
Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
J
John Lahr
Self - Biographer
L
Leonie Orton
Self - Sister
D
Douglas Orton
Self - Brother
E
Eleanor Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
A
Aldo Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
R
Richard O'Donoghue
Self - RADA Administrator
M
Margaret Whiting
Self - Friend
R
Richard Braine
Self - Publisher
C
Charles Monteith
Self - Publisher
J
Jim Connell
Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
S
Sidney Porett
Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
Crew
- Director
- Pamela Brighton, Nigel Williams
- Producer
- Alan Yentob
Details
- Release date
- 1982-11-09
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom