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Walter is a British television drama directed by Stephen Frears and starring Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Tony Melody, David Ryall, Keith Allen, Paula Tilbrook, and Jim Broadbent. It was first broadcast on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982.
- Drama
Walter: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow, Tony Melody. A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him.
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- Drama
- Stephen Frears
- 1986-07
With an award-winning performance from Ian McKellen as a man with learning difficulties at its heart, Walter was first broadcast on Channel 4's launch night on 2nd November 1982.
Walter. Ian McKellen stars in Stephen Frears' TV play as Walter, a man with learning difficulties who's put in an institution after the death of his mother. Drama 1982 73 mins. Director: Stephen Frears.
"Walter, which occupies the key slot in next Tuesday's opening night schedule, features scenes of homosexual molestation in a mental hospital, patients covered in excrement, and a suicide in a barber's shop.
This short feature film, set in straitened postwar England about the fate of a mentally handicapped young man institutionalised after the death of his parents, was adapted from a novel by David...
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Something wrong? Let us know! Walter - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. You can rent "Walter" on BFI Player online. Synopsis. A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him.
