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.
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Cast
- Nigel Williams — Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
- John Lahr — Self - Biographer
- Leonie Orton — Self - Sister
- Douglas Orton — Self - Brother
- Eleanor Salvoni — Self - Neighbour
- Aldo Salvoni — Self - Neighbour
- Richard O'Donoghue — Self - RADA Administrator
- Margaret Whiting — Self - Friend
- Richard Braine — Self - Publisher
- Charles Monteith — Self - Publisher
- Jim Connell — Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
- Sidney Porett — Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
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