Private Road

Private Road
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Directed by	Barney Platts-Mills
Written by	Barney Platts-Mills
Produced by	Barney Platts-Mills Andrew St. John
Starring	Susan Penhaligon Bruce Robinson
Cinematography	Adam Barker-Mill
Edited by	Jonathan Gili
Music by	David Dundas Michael Feast George Fenton
Production company	Maya Films
Distributed by	Maya Films
Release date	September 1971 (1971-09)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Private Road is a 1971 British drama film directed by Barney Platts-Mills and starring Susan Penhaligon and Bruce Robinson.

Plot

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 without talking to him about it first. 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.

Cast

• Susan Penhaligon as Ann Halpern
• Bruce Robinson as Peter Morrissey
• Michael Feast as Stephen
• Robert Brown as Mr. Halpern
• George Fenton as Henry
• Kathleen Byron as Mrs. Halpern
• Patricia Cutts as Erica Talbot
• Trevor Adams as Alex Marvel

Awards

The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Home media

After several years out of print it was reissued on Blu-ray and DVD by the BFI in 2011 as part of their Flipside reissue program.

External links

• Private Road at IMDb