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The Hit
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1987 1h 51m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Prick Up Your Ears
Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Islington, 9 August 1967. Literary agent Peggy Ramsay knocks on the door of playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell, but nobody opens. She calls the police. They find the corpses of the two men. A decade later theater critic John Lahr visits Peggy Ramsey because he wants to write a biography about Orton. They find Orton's diaries, and Peggy tells about his life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Gary Oldman
Joe Orton
Julie Walters
Elsie Orton
Janet Dale
Mrs. Sugden
Dave Atkins
Mr Sugden
Garry Cooper
Mr. Sloane Actor
Helena Michell
Orton's Friends
Neil Dudgeon
Policeman
David Bradley
Undertaker