Movies: Joe Orton

  • 1970
    Entertaining Mr. Sloane

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane

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    A woman and her closeted brother meet a man sunbathing on a gravestone and invite him to be their lodger. Their elderly father, however, recognises him as the killer of his old boss. Past sins could be forgiven if he agrees to the siblings' demands....

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane
  • 1970
    Loot

    Loot (1970)

    Loot

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    Two bank robbers, Dennis and Hal, are on the run from the police after a successful heist. Needing somewhere to hide the loot, they turn to a funeral parlour where they stash the cash in Hal's recently-deceased mother's coffin. Taking the coffin, the...

    Loot
  • 1983
    Vad betjänten såg

    Vad betjänten såg (1983)

    Vad betjänten såg

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    Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist is interviewing an attractive secretary, Geraldine. Unwittingly surprised by his wife, he hides the girl. The affairs multiply as Mrs. Prentice, being seduced and blackmailed by young bellhop Nicholas....

    Vad betjänten såg
  • 1987
    What the Butler Saw

    What the Butler Saw (1987)

    What the Butler Saw

    11987HD

    White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lun...

    What the Butler Saw
  • 1968
    Funeral Games

    Funeral Games (1968)

    Funeral Games

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    Pringle, leader of the Brotherhood, recieves an anonymous letter accusing his wife of adultery. He employs a private investigator, Caulfield, who discovers things are not quite that straightforward. Joe Orton's last play for television: a farce....

    Funeral Games
  • 2017
    Joe Orton Laid Bare

    Joe Orton Laid Bare (2017)

    Joe Orton Laid Bare

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    Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him....

    Joe Orton Laid Bare
  • 2017
    Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

    Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) (2017)

    Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

    82017HD

    Chris Shepherd directs a short animation in tribute to Joe Orton (Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot) to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Joe Orton would write letters of complaint using the pseudonym of Edna Welthorpe. Using this persona, Orton wou...

    Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)