The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
1991
60 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Joe Meek
Himself (archive footage)
Pete Murray
Narrator
Lonnie Donegan
Himself
Andrew Crawford
Newsreader (voice)
George Bellamy
Himself (with The Tornados) (archive footage)
June Barrie
Joe Meek's Mother (voice)
Heinz Burt
Himself
Chad Carson
Himself
Clem Cattini
Himself
Geoff Goddard
Himself
Tony Grinham
Himself
Adrian Kerridge
Himself
Jess Conrad
Himself
Jonathan King
Himself
Roger LaVern
Himself (archive footage)
John Leyton
Himself
Humphrey Lyttelton
Himself
Arthur Meek
Himself
Eric Meek
Himself
Mickie Most
Himself
Patrick Pink
Himself
David Sutch
Himself