The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Alan Lewens1991-02-08
6
60 min
Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Joe Meek | Himself (archive footage) | Unowned |
|
Pete Murray | Narrator | Unowned |
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Lonnie Donegan | Himself | Unowned |
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Andrew Crawford | Newsreader (voice) | Unowned |
|
George Bellamy | Himself (with The Tornados) (archive footage) | Unowned |
|
June Barrie | Joe Meek's Mother (voice) | Unowned |
|
Heinz Burt | Himself | Unowned |
|
Chad Carson | Himself | Unowned |
|
Clem Cattini | Himself | Unowned |
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Geoff Goddard | Himself | Unowned |
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Tony Grinham | Himself | Unowned |
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Adrian Kerridge | Himself | Unowned |
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Jess Conrad | Himself | Unowned |
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Jonathan King | Himself | Unowned |
|
Roger LaVern | Himself (archive footage) | Unowned |
 |
John Leyton | Himself | Unowned |
 |
Humphrey Lyttelton | Himself | Unowned |
|
Arthur Meek | Himself | Unowned |
|
Eric Meek | Himself | Unowned |
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Mickie Most | Himself | Unowned |
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Patrick Pink | Himself | Unowned |
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David Sutch | Himself | Unowned |