UK / USA,
1991, 97 min
Directed by:
Dennis PotterScreenplay:
Dennis PotterCinematography:
Sue GibsonCast:
Alan Bates, Gina Bellman, Frances Barber, Joanna David, Rowena Cooper, Ian McNeice, Colin Jeavons, Tony Doyle, Davyd Harries, Niven BoydPlots(1)
Unfairly neglected since it's original low-key cinema run, Secret Friends is the only feature to be written and directed by Dennis Potter. Made shortly after his hugely controversial mini-series Blackeyes, the film centres on a writer, played by Alan Bates, who descends into a kind of madness during a train journey as memories, fantasies and psychotic visions collide. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
![Alan Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267938_4141af.jpg)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
![Gina Bellman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/528/162528414_888dd7.jpg)
Gina Bellman
New Zealand
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Everything I Like (1992)
![Frances Barber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829328_a03851.jpg)
Frances Barber
UK
Best movies:
King Lear (2008) (TV movie)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Joanna David](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713171_c628a8.jpg)
Joanna David
UK
Best movies:
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Rowena Cooper
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Ian McNeice](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270516_a58f52.jpg)
Ian McNeice
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
![Colin Jeavons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/443/160443104_a90553.jpg)
Colin Jeavons
UK
Best movies:
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
The Master Blackmailer (1992) (TV movie)
Tony Doyle
Ireland
Davyd Harries
UK
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Beautiful Thing (1996)
![Niven Boyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/663/168663366_6vttwl.jpg)
Niven Boyd
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Cry Freedom (1987)