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Secret Friends

3.919911h 37m15MovieDramaFantasy

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.

DirectorDennis Potter
WriterDennis Potter
ProducersRobert Michael Geisler·Rosemary Padvaiskas

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Dennis Potter

ABAlan Bates
Alan Bates
John
GBGina Bellman
Gina Bellman
Helen
FBFrances Barber
Frances Barber
Angela
TDTony Doyle
Tony Doyle
Martin
JDJoanna David
Joanna David
Kate
CJColin Jeavons
Colin Jeavons
Vicar
RCRowena Cooper
Rowena Cooper
Vicar's Wife
IMIan McNeice
Ian McNeice
First Businessman
DHDavyd Harries
Davyd Harries
Second Businessman
NB
Niven Boyd
BR Steward / Patient
MW
Martin Whiting
Young John
RH
Roy Hamilton
Singer

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