Directed by:
Bob KellettCinematography:
Ian WilsonComposer:
John ScottCast:
Joan Greenwood, Michael Hordern, Peter Bull, Elisabeth Welch, Patricia Routledge, Rudolph Walker, Clive Francis, Peter StrakerPlots(1)
Based on David Percival’s acclaimed play Girlfriend, Girl Stroke Boy is a one-of-a-kind comedy which tells of two everyday, middle-class parents who are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian (actor and pop star Peter Straker in a pioneering performance). Directed with an affectionate, light touch by Bob Kellet and featuring a superb cast, including Joan Greenwood, Michael Hordern, Patricia Routledge, and Clive Francis, Girl Stroke Boy still packs a punch today thanks to Straker’s flamboyant performance (British cinema’s first gay leading role to be played by a black actor) and the prescient subject matter. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
Joan Greenwood
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Detective (1954)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
Elisabeth Welch
USA
Best movies:
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Dead of Night (1945)
Patricia Routledge
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) (TV movie)
Rudolph Walker
Trinidad and Tobago
Best movies:
Let Him Have It (1991)
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Scarlett (1994) (series)
Clive Francis
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Far Pavilions, The (1984) (series)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)