Movie Description
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
(1982)Overview
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
Featured Crew
- Director : Pamela Brighton,Nigel Williams
- Producer : Alan Yentob
- Cast : Nigel Williams,John Lahr,Leonie Orton,Douglas Orton,Eleanor Salvoni,Aldo Salvoni,Richard O'Donoghue,Margaret Whiting,Richard Braine,Charles Monteith,Jim Connell,Sidney Porett,Margaret Ramsey,Kenneth Williams,Charles Marowitz,Kenneth Cranham,Peter Willes,Paul Moriarty,Dinah Stabb,Paul Shearer,Nicholas Lyndhurst,Keith Marsh,Una Brandon-Jones
Cast
Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
Self - Biographer
Self - Sister
Self - Brother
Self - Neighbour
Self - Neighbour
Self - RADA Administrator
Self - Friend
Self - Publisher
Self - Publisher
Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
Self - Theatrical Agent
Self
Self - First West End Director of Loot
Self
Self - TV Producer of Orton's Plays
Truscott - Loot
Fay - Loot
Hal - Loot
Dennis - Loot
McLeavy - Loot
Mother - Loot
Posters
Recommendations
Love, Antosha
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The Cheshire Murders
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Sidney
7
Hawking
7.604
My Mom Jayne
8.009
Being James Bond
7.742
Sherman's March
6.547
Harmontown
6.605
Maternal Instinct
7.157
For the Love of Spock
7.371
A Plastic Ocean
7.5
The Class of ‘92
7.1
Facts
Original TitleA Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
Status Released
Release Information
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1982-11-09
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 09m
Genres
- Documentary
