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Personal Services (Original title)
Date: 03 April 1987 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Terry Jones

Synopsis: The story of brothel-keeper Cynthia Payne.

Genre:
Biopic

Subject:
Payne, Cynthia
Releases
Date: April 1987Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9443 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: United International Pictures (UK) Ltd
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (35)
Financial assistance: British Screen, Production Company: Zenith Productions, Producer: Tim Bevan, Production Manager: Jane Frazer, Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Cellan-Jones, Location Manager: Rachel Neale, Runner: Peter Bunyan, Assistant Director: Micky Finch, Assistant Director: Fraser Copp, Assistant Director: Tim Dennison, Casting: Debbie McWilliams, Screenplay: David Leland, Director of Photography: Roger Deakins, Steadicam Operator: John Ward, Editor: George Akers, Production Designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski, Art Director: Jane Coleman, Costume Designer: Shuna Harwood, Wardrobe master: Steve Hubbard, Wardrobe: Hilary Watson, Make-up: Jenny Shircore, Makeup artist: Sancia Simpson, Titles: Frameline, Music: John Du Prez, Musician (guitar): Juan Martin, Music Director: David Snell, Music producer: André Jacquemin, Sound Recording: Garth Marshall, Orchestral sound recording: Mark Vigars, Sound Re-recording: Peter Maxwell, Sound Editor: Budge Tremlett, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jim Dowdall, Stunt Co-ordinator: Alan Stuart, Consultant: Cynthia Payne
Cast (60)
Julie Walters (Christine Painter), Alec McCowen (Wing Commander Morten), Danny Schiller (Dolly), Shirley Stelfox (Shirley), Victoria Hardcastle (Rose), Tim Woodward (Mr. Timms), Dave Atkins (Sydney), Leon Lissek (Mr. Popozogolou), Benjamin Whitrow (Mr. Marsden), Peter Cellier (Mr. Marples), Stephen Lewis (Mr. Dunkley), Andrew Maclachlan (Mr. McCellan), Anthony Collin (Mr. Webb), Ewan Hooper (Edward), Beverly Foster (Elizabeth), Alan Bowyer (David Painter), Nigel Le Vaillant (The Man), Antony Carrick (Edgar), Michelle Collins (June), Arthur Whybrow (Mac), Ronald Pember (Ron), Pamela Duncan (Jackie), Sheila Gill (Mrs. Winter), Toni Palmer (Aunt Winnie), Lorraine Brunning (Angela), Rupert Holliday Evans (Terry), Claire Waugh (Girl in Film), Wayne Morris (Man in Film), Renny Lister (Pat), Shulie Bannister (The Woman), Jagdish Kumar (Mr. Shah), Jason Smart (PC Hart), Jeffrey Daunton (PC Williams), Arnold Brown (Vicar), Janie Booth (Court Usher), Nick Stringer (PC Baker), Paul Imbusch (Solicitor), Bernard Brown (John), Andreas Markos (Mr. Grivas), Peter Wight (Detective Gibson), John Bailey (Mr. Gardner), Helen Gemmell (Jenny), Clare Clifford (Fay), John Shrapnel (Lionel), Michael Packer (Ralph), Stanley Lebor (Jones), Suzette Llewellyn (Helen), Carolyn Allen (Carol), Arthur Hewlett (Mr. Francis), Joanna Dickens (Gloria), Ivor Roberts (Glossop), Arthur Cox (Lennox), Lorena Lee (The Angel), Badi Uzzaman (Mr. Patel), Ian McNeice (Harry), Michael Irving (Lawson), Allan Stirland (Phil), Charlotte Seely (Diane), Mark Hardy (Nicole), David Leland (Mr. Pilkington/Danielle)