Movie Details

Title: Moonlight on the Highway

Release Date: 12 Apr 1969

Runtime: 52m

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Director: LWT, Kestrel Films

Production Companies: LWT, Kestrel Films

Overview: Writing for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series, Dennis Potter introduced the notion that popular music expresses the yearning of the human spirit for a better world. A troubled young man, David Peters (Ian Holm), claims, "Once dreams were possible, that's what the popular songs told us." Rejecting rock music of the day, Peters is immersed in the tunes of Thirties crooner Al Bowlly (killed during the London blitz). He collects Bowlly memorabilia, publishes the Bowlly fan-club newsletter, and finds pleasure in lip-synching Bowlly records but his obsession with Bowlly masks certain darker events in his past.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 4 (2 votes)

Cast

: Ian Holm

: Anthony Bate

: Deborah Grant

: Robin Wentworth

: Frederick Peisley