A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
1982, English. Directed by Pamela Brighton & Nigel Williams.
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Pamela BrightonDirector
- Nigel WilliamsDirector
- Nigel WilliamsNarrator/Interviewer (voice)
- John LahrSelf - Biographer
- Leonie OrtonSelf - Sister
- Douglas OrtonSelf - Brother
- Eleanor SalvoniSelf - Neighbour
- Aldo SalvoniSelf - Neighbour
- Richard O'DonoghueSelf - RADA Administrator
- Margaret WhitingSelf - Friend
- Richard BraineSelf - Publisher
- Charles MonteithSelf - Publisher
- Jim ConnellSelf - Special Services Librarian, Islington
- Sidney PorettSelf - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
Details
- Released
- 9 November 1982
- Country
- United Kingdom
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If you liked A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton, try Come See Me in the Good Light, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty.
Who directed A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton?
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982) was directed by Pamela Brighton and Nigel Williams and stars Nigel Williams, John Lahr, Leonie Orton.