Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears
Release: 1987-04-17
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 6.6
Drama
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
British Screen Productions
Civilhand
Zenith Entertainment
Film4 Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Charles McKeown
as Mr Cunliffe
David Bradley
as Undertaker
Derek Lyons
as Library Patron (uncredited)
Garry Cooper
as Actor 1 – Mr Sloane
Joan Sanderson
as Anthea's Mother
Neville Smith
as Police Inspector
Janet Dale
as Mrs Sugden
John Salthouse
as Chauffeur
Lindsay Duncan
as Anthea Lahr
Derek Jarman
as Patrick Proktor (uncredited)
Vanessa Redgrave
as Peggy Ramsay
Selina Cadell
as Miss Battersby
Antony Carrick
as Counsel
Jonny Phillips
as Youth Outside Lavatory
Sean Pertwee
as Orton's Friend
Margaret Tyzack
as Madame Lambert
Karl Johnson
as Douglas Orton
Eric Richard
as Education Officer
Noel Davis
as Philip
Richard Ireson
as Man Outside Lavatory
Julie Walters
as Elsie Orton
Frances Barber
as Leonie Orton
Rosalind Knight
as RADA Judge
Angus MacKay
as RADA Judge
Michael Müller
as BBC Actor 1
Spencer Leigh
as Constable
Gary Oldman
as Joe Orton
Wallace Shawn
as John Lahr
Linda Spurrier
as RADA Instructor
Steven Mackintosh
as Simon Ward
David Cardy
as Brian Epstein
Sian Thomas
as Marilyn Orton
Neil Dudgeon
as Policeman
Richard Wilson
as Psychiatrist
Robin Hooper
as Mortuary Attendant
Alfred Molina
as Kenneth Halliwell
Stevan Rimkus
as Kenneth
Neville Phillips
as Man in Gallery
Roger Lloyd Pack
as Actor 2
