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Programme Information

John Hurt gives a first rate performance in this critically acclaimed film based on the true story of a surgeon and his attempts to restore the looks of a facially disfigured man.

Keywords:

Drama, Biopic, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actor Nominee

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1980) (4 Star)

Cast:

Anthony Hopkins	.... Dr. Frederick 'Freddie' Treves
John Hurt	.... John Merrick 'The Elephant Man'
Anne Bancroft	.... Mrs. Kendal
John Gielgud	.... Carr Gomm
Wendy Hiller	.... Mothershead
Freddie Jones	.... Bytes
Michael Elphick	.... Night Porter
Hannah Gordon	.... Mrs. Anne Treves

Supporting Cast:

Helen Ryan	.... Princess Alex
John Standing	.... Dr. Fox
Dexter Fletcher	.... Bytes's Boy
Lesley Dunlop	.... Nora
Phoebe Nicholls	.... Merrick's Mother
Pat Gorman	.... Fairground Bobby
Claire Davenport	.... Fat Lady

Directors:

David Lynch

Writers:

Sir Frederick Treves
Ashley Montagu

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