During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John 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.
Cast
Alan Bates
John
Gina Bellman
Helen
Frances Barber
Angela
Tony Doyle
Martin
Joanna David
Kate
Colin Jeavons
Vicar
Rowena Cooper
Vicar's Wife
Ian McNeice
First Businessman
Davyd Harries
Second Businessman
Niven Boyd
BR Steward / Patient
Martin Whiting
Young John
Roy Hamilton
Singer
Dave Swift
Musician
Nicholas Russell-Pavier
Musician
Colin Ryan
Musician
Crew
Dennis Potter
Director, Screenplay, Novel
Clare Douglas
Editor
Wendy Edgar-Jones
Assistant Editor
Sue Gibson
Director of Photography
Edward Brett
First Assistant Director
Jerry Daly
Second Assistant Director
Andy Kelk
Third Assistant Director
Robert Michael Geisler
Executive Producer
John Roberdeau
Executive Producer
Rosemary Padvaiskas
Producer
Alison Barnett
Associate Producer
Gary Williamson
Production Design
Ian Foster
Camera Operator
Kathleen Mackie Higgins
Casting
Lynn Horrie
Wardrobe Master
Sharon Lewis
Costume Design
Petrona Winton
Assistant Makeup Artist
Annie McEwan
Makeup Artist
Carol Kupisz
Art Department Assistant
Andrew Glen
Supervising Sound Editor
Laurie McDowell
Assistant Sound Editor
Hugh Strain
Sound Mixer
John Midgley
Sound Mixer
Shaun Mills
Sound
Clive Osborne
Boom Operator
Nicholas Russell-Pavier
Music
Guy Rutter
Painter
Dave Allen
Construction Manager
Stephen Morley
Still Photographer
Valerie Russell-Pavier
Script Supervisor
David Kennaway
Location Manager
Mark Fruin
Standby Property Master
Trisha Edwards
Property Buyer
Adam Biddle
Clapper Loader
Luke Quigley
Grip
Mark Moriarty
Focus Puller
Sarah Horton
Art Direction
Mark Gravil
First Assistant Editor
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