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Private Road is a British film of genre Drama directed by Barney Platts-Mills with Susan Penhaligon

Private Road (1971)

Private Road
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Length 1h29
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.14353.14353.14353.14353.1435

Private Road is a 1971 British drama film directed by Barney Platts-Mills. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. After several years out of print it was reissued on Bluray and DVD by the BFI in 2011 as part of their Flipside reissue program.

Synopsis

Peter Morrisey (Bruce Robinson) is an author who has just published his first novel. He meets receptionist Ann Halpern (Susan Penhaligon) and falls in love. They spend some time in a cottage in Scotland living an idyllic pastoral life, then return to London. Peter gets a job at an advertising agency as a copywriter. Ann becomes pregnant and Peter asks her to marry him but she refuses. To Peter's shock, Ann decides to have an abortion, which is performed by her father. After a spell in hospital Ann returns home and her father gives her a house. Peter returns to his flat alone, still thinking that he will marry Ann. With his friend Stephen, Peter breaks into an office block and steals a typewriter so he can resume his writing career.

Actors

Susan Penhaligon

(Ann Halpern)Bruce Robinson

(Peter Morrissey)Robert Brown

(Mr. Halpern)Kathleen Byron

(Mrs. Halpern)Patricia Cutts

(Erica Talbot)
And :
Trevor Adams
Catherine Howe
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