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Private Road

Original title
Private Road
Year
Running time
89 min.
Country
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
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Genre
Drama
Synopsis
Peter Morrisey (Bruce Robinson) is an author who has just published his first novel. He meets receptionist, Ann Halpern (Susan Penhaligon) and fall in love. They spend some time in a cottage in Scotland living an idyllic pastoral life, but 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.
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User history
Private Road
1971
Barney Platts-Mills
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