# Secret Friends

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***Secret Friends*** is a 1991 British film written and directed by [Dennis Potter](/source/Dennis_Potter) and starring [Alan Bates](/source/Alan_Bates), [Gina Bellman](/source/Gina_Bellman) and [Ian McNeice](/source/Ian_McNeice).[1] It was based on Potter's novel *[Ticket to Ride](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ticket_to_Ride_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1)*. The screenplay concerns a man whose fantasy spirals out of control.

## Premise

During a train journey, a man's fantasy spirals out of control.

## Cast

- [Alan Bates](/source/Alan_Bates) - John

- [Gina Bellman](/source/Gina_Bellman) - Helen

- [Frances Barber](/source/Frances_Barber) - Angela

- [Tony Doyle](/source/Tony_Doyle_(actor)) - Martin

- [Joanna David](/source/Joanna_David) - Kate

- [Ian McNeice](/source/Ian_McNeice) - First Businessman

- [Davyd Harries](/source/Davyd_Harries) - Second Businessman

- [Colin Jeavons](/source/Colin_Jeavons) - Vicar

- [Rowena Cooper](/source/Rowena_Cooper) - Vicar's Wife

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [BFI.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20090118084203/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/458269?view=cast)

## External links

- [*Secret Friends*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102867/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Works by Dennis Potter Bibliography Television plays Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) Emergency – Ward 9 (1966) Shaggy Dog (1968) A Beast with Two Backs (1968) Moonlight on the Highway (1969) Son of Man (1969) Traitor (1971) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) Joe's Ark (1974) Double Dare (1976) Where Adam Stood (1976) Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Blade on the Feather (1980) Rain on the Roof (1980) Cream in My Coffee (1980) Brimstone and Treacle (1987) Television serials Casanova (1971) The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) Pennies From Heaven (1978) Tender Is the Night (1985) The Singing Detective (1986) Christabel (1988) Blackeyes (1989) Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) Karaoke (1996) Cold Lazarus (1996) Films Pennies from Heaven (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Dreamchild (1985) Track 29 (1988) Secret Friends (1991) Mesmer (1993) The Singing Detective (2003) Books The Glittering Coffin (1960) Hide and Seek (1973) Pennies from Heaven (1981) Ticket to Ride (1986) Blackeyes (1987)

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