Film

The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek

1991 · 1h · Music · Documentary · TV Movie

IMDb

7.5

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.

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

• Alan LewensDirector
• Humphrey BurtonProducer

Release date

February 8, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Rated

U

Genres

Music, Documentary, TV Movie