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The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (1991)

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.

Release: 1991-02-08
Runtime: 60 min
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
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Joe Meek
Himself (archive footage)
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Pete Murray
Narrator
Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
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Andrew Crawford
Andrew Crawford
Newsreader (voice)
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George Bellamy
Himself (with The Tornados) (archive footage)
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June Barrie
Joe Meek's Mother (voice)
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Heinz Burt
Himself
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Chad Carson
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Clem Cattini
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Geoff Goddard
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Tony Grinham
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Adrian Kerridge
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Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad
Himself
Jonathan King
Jonathan King
Himself
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Roger LaVern
Himself (archive footage)
John Leyton
John Leyton
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Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
Himself
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Arthur Meek
Himself