![Prick Up Your Ears (1987) [Gay Themed Movie]](/images/movies/posters/prick-up-your-ears-1987.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/movies/posters/prick-up-your-ears-1987.jpg?width=800&height=1200 "Prick Up Your Ears (1987)")
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Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.
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Gary Oldman
Joe Orton
Alfred Molina
Kenneth Halliwell
Vanessa Redgrave
Peggy Ramsay
Frances Barber
Leonie Orton
Lindsay Duncan
Anthea Lahr
Julie Walters
Elsie Orton
Wallace Shawn
John Lahr
Janet Dale
Mrs. Sugden
Dave Atkins
Mr Sugden
Garry Cooper
Mr. Sloane Actor
Roger Lloyd Pack
Actor 2
Sean Pertwee
Orton's Friends
Helena Michell
Orton's Friends
Selina Cadell
Miss Battersby
Neil Dudgeon
Policeman
Richard Wilson
Psychiatrist
Steven Mackintosh
Simon Ward
Karl Johnson
Douglas Orton
David Bradley
Undertaker
Joan Sanderson
Anthea's Mother
![Official Trailer [HD]](/images/movies/backdrop-posters/prick-up-your-ears-1987.jpeg#joomlaImage://local-images/movies/backdrop-posters/prick-up-your-ears-1987.jpeg?width=800&height=450 "Official Trailer [HD]")
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Movie
04/17/1987
1 hr 51 min
R
English
English
United Kingdom
• British Screen Productions
• Civilhand
• Zenith Entertainment
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