UK,
1972, 90 min
Directed by:
Alan ClarkeScreenplay:
Roy MintonCast:
Howard Goorney, Christine Fersen, Patricia Lawrence, Daphne Heard, Christine Hargreaves, Barry Jackson, Ken Parry, Eric Francis, Hazel Coppen (more)Plots(1)
Diabetic Horace is mentally impaired and works in a joke shop. He befriends loner schoolboy, Gordon Blackett who retreats from his loveless home into an imaginary world. (British Film Institute (BFI))
Cast
Howard Goorney
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Christine Fersen
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Patricia Lawrence
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Daphne Heard
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Christine Hargreaves
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1984 (1984)
Barry Jackson
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Ken Parry
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Eric Francis
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Hazel Coppen
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Anthony Wingate
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James Mellor
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Robert Hartley
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