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The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek

19916.0 / 1060 min
Music, Documentary, TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Joe Meek

Joe Meek

Himself (archive footage)

Pete Murray

Pete Murray

Narrator

Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan

Himself

Andrew Crawford

Andrew Crawford

Newsreader (voice)

George Bellamy

George Bellamy

Himself (with The Tornados) (archive footage)

June Barrie

June Barrie

Joe Meek's Mother (voice)

Heinz Burt

Heinz Burt

Himself

Chad Carson

Chad Carson

Himself

Clem Cattini

Clem Cattini

Himself

Geoff Goddard

Geoff Goddard

Himself

Tony Grinham

Tony Grinham

Himself

Adrian Kerridge

Adrian Kerridge

Himself

Jess Conrad

Jess Conrad

Himself

Jonathan King

Jonathan King

Himself

Roger LaVern

Roger LaVern

Himself (archive footage)

John Leyton

John Leyton

Himself

Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Lyttelton

Himself

Arthur Meek

Arthur Meek

Himself

Eric Meek

Eric Meek

Himself

Mickie Most

Mickie Most

Himself

Patrick Pink

Patrick Pink

Himself

David Sutch

David Sutch

Himself

Crew

Alan Lewens

Alan Lewens

Director

Humphrey Burton

Humphrey Burton

Producer