Directed by:
Stephen FrearsCinematography:
Oliver StapletonComposer:
Stanley MyersCast:
Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber, Julie Walters, Lindsay Duncan, Wallace Shawn, Sean Pertwee, Steven Mackintosh, Neil Dudgeon (more)Plots(1)
Frustrated writers, co-conspirators, friends and lovers, Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell (Oldman and Molina) serve respectively as protégé and mentor in each other's life until Orton's breakout success heightens Halliwell's sense of his own failure. With the young playwright's every new achievement, Halliwell's diminishing role leads him to a desperate attempt to keep them as equals forever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Angus Mackay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477697_889ac7.jpg)
Angus Mackay
UK
Best movies:
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Secret Ceremony (1968)
Eric Richard
UK
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
![Noel Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375816_d69f54.jpg)
Noel Davis
UK
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Macbeth (1971)
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
![John Salthouse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/397/161397021_d6ad22.jpg)
John Salthouse
UK
Best movies:
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Dirty Filthy Love (2004) (TV movie)
![Anthony Carrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/687/162687707_60444e.jpg)
Anthony Carrick
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Valmont (1989)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Dave Atkins
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1987) (TV movie)
Comrades (1986)
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Joan Sanderson
UK
Best movies:
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Young Wives' Tale (1951)
Robin Hooper
UK
Best movies:
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Wild Things (1998)
A Little Chaos (2014)
Charles McKeown
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Brazil (1985)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Christopher Guinee
UK
Best movies:
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
James Grant
UK
Best movies:
Braindead (1992)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
The Resurrected (1991)
Helena Michell
Australia
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
Maurice (1987)