A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982)
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
- Released
- 1982-11-09
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Pamela Brighton, Nigel Williams
Cast
- Nigel Williams as Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
- John Lahr as Self - Biographer
- Leonie Orton as Self - Sister
- Douglas Orton as Self - Brother
- Eleanor Salvoni as Self - Neighbour
- Aldo Salvoni as Self - Neighbour
- Richard O'Donoghue as Self - RADA Administrator
- Margaret Whiting as Self - Friend
- Richard Braine as Self - Publisher
- Charles Monteith as Self - Publisher
- Jim Connell as Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
- Sidney Porett as Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
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