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  • Secret Friends (1991)
  • 97 min | Drama, Fantasy
Secret Friends (1991)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John (Sir Alan Bates) 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 ...See moreDuring a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John (Sir Alan Bates) 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. Writer and Director Dennis Potter viewed John as "a victim of what he himself has created, a sexual fantasy that gets out of control. Fantasy should be one of the registered sexually transmitted diseases, which in John's case, it is." Written by Bhob Stewart See less
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Director
Writer
Dennis Potter (novel "Ticket to Ride") (screenplay)
Producer
Rosemary Padvaiskas (as Rosemarie Whitman)
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Updated Jun 21, 1991

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Feb 14, 1992 (United States)
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