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Old 10-06-2008, 10:16 PM
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i love this film,Beryl Reed was fantastic as aged schoolgirl like sado.
Harry Andrews played the tough big brother homosexual .who was the young guy in it and what else has he done?who played dada?and what year was it.and for another point who was the playwrite.where was it filmed.
i went to see the guy who played on the soundtrack l3 yrs ago at the jazz cafe in camden.who is he ?

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i love this film,Beryl Reed was fantastic as aged schoolgirl like sado.
Harry Andrews played the tough big brother homosexual .who was the young guy in it and what else has he done?who played dada?and what year was it.and for another point who was the playwrite.where was it filmed.
i went to see the guy who played on the soundtrack l3 yrs ago at the jazz cafe in camden.who is he ?
The part of Mr Sloane was played by Peter McEnery. The dada was played by Alan Webb. Georgie Fame sang the theme song from the film, the film title is on the b-side of Georgie Fame's 1970 CBS release Somebody Stole My Thunder.

It was based on a Joe Orton play.

I'm not too sure where it was filmed could have been near Highgate ? I'm sure someone on this Forum would know.
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The part of Mr Sloane was played by Peter McEnery. The dada was played by Alan Webb. Georgie Fame sang the theme song from the film, the film title is on the b-side of Georgie Fame's 1970 CBS release Somebody Stole My Thunder.

It was based on a Joe Orton play.

I'm not too sure where it was filmed could have been near Highgate ? I'm sure someone on this Forum would know.
No- the graveyard is Camberwell Old cemetery- very near where I live. It is an amazing place, particularly on a drippy wet day! I love Joe Orton plays and this is a good version, although I don't think they translate that well to the cinema.
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The film version of Loot is a disaster - Sloane translated reasonably well though lost the stuffiness and oppression of the stage version.
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Loot - I didn't mind it but it wasn't great, the biggest flaw IMHO is the casting of Dickie as Truscott.

Entertaining Mr Sloane - much better but still a disappointment for us Orton fans.

There was a really good TV version of What the Butler Saw a few years ago ..... if you think the Farrelly brothers are in bad taste think again .... Orton was the master. Hilarious!
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Didn't know about the Butler TV version Bats. So the internet search begins to try to find it . . . .
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I don't think it's ever had a release or been repeated ...

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Thanks Bats - it was aired when I was working overseas in the 80s. Someone, somewhere must have it lurking on a dusty old video . . .
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If you find one let me know, I'd love to see it again. I saw a stage production a few years back and that too was hilarious!
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