---
title: 'Prick Up Your Ears (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stephen Frears'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/prick-up-your-ears-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

1987 · 108 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the 1978 biography by John Lahr. The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr, and Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stephen Frears](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-frears)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bennett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stapleton)
- **Editor:** [Mick Audsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/mick-audsley)

## Cast

- [Sean Pertwee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-pertwee)
- [Siân Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/sian-thomas)
- [Alfred Molina](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-molina)
- [Julie Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-walters)
- [Neville Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/neville-smith)
- [Vanessa Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-redgrave)
- [Angus MacKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-mackay)
- [Jonathan Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-phillips)
- [Charles McKeown](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mckeown)
- [Steven Mackintosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-mackintosh)
- [Gary Oldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-oldman)
- [Frances Barber](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-barber)
- [Neil Dudgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-dudgeon)
- [Noel Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-davis)
- [Lindsay Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-duncan)

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