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Absolute Hell

6.019912h MovieComedyDramaTV Movie

Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens. Originally aired as part of the anthology series "Performance."

DirectorAnthony Page
WriterRodney Ackland
ProducerSimon Curtis

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Cast · Directed by Anthony Page

JDJudi Dench
Judi Dench
Christine Foskett
SPSusan Porrett
Susan Porrett
Doris
PBPaul Birchard
Paul Birchard
Butch
SBSylvia Barter
Sylvia Barter
Julia Shillitoe
BNBill Nighy
Bill Nighy
Hugh Marriner
RPRonald Pickup
Ronald Pickup
Siegfried Shrager
FAFrancesca Annis
Francesca Annis
Elizabeth Collier
EPEileen Page
Eileen Page
Mrs Marriner
GFGregory Floy
Gregory Floy
Michael Crowley
CGCharles Gray
Charles Gray
Maurice Hussey
NPNathaniel Parker
Nathaniel Parker
Sam Mitchum
MFMoyra Fraser
Moyra Fraser
Lettice Willis

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