Private Road

1971 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Drama

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.

Direction Barney Platts-Mills

Cast Susan Penhaligon · Bruce Robinson · Michael Feast · Robert Brown · George Fenton · Kathleen Byron · Patricia Cutts · Trevor Adams · Susan Brodick · Paul Harper · Catherine Howe · Pamela Moiseiwitsch · Julia Wright