The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991, English. Directed by Alan Lewens.
Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.
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- 1h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Alan LewensDirector
- Joe MeekHimself (archive footage)
- Pete MurrayNarrator
- Lonnie DoneganHimself
- Andrew CrawfordNewsreader (voice)
- George BellamyHimself (with The Tornados) (archive footage)
- June BarrieJoe Meek's Mother (voice)
- Heinz BurtHimself
- Chad CarsonHimself
- Clem CattiniHimself
- Geoff GoddardHimself
- Tony GrinhamHimself
- Adrian KerridgeHimself
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- Released
- 8 February 1991
- Country
- United Kingdom
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The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 February 1991. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (1991) was directed by Alan Lewens and stars Joe Meek, Pete Murray, Lonnie Donegan.