Movie

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

2008★ 2.3 · 359mDramaComedy

Overview

Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, Howerd kept his companionship with Heymer under wraps for 35 years, until his death in 1992. Yet through career disaster, social stigma, illegality, numerous infidelities and Howerd's own deep-seated issues about his homosexuality, their love endured.

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Cast

Paul Anderson
as Roger

Rafe Spall
as Dennis Heymer

David Walliams
as Frankie Howerd

Melanie Hill
as Ruth Heymer

David Reed
as Peter Cook

Tom Allen
as Lighting Technician

Peter Sandys-Clarke
as Sheridan

Sally Leonard
as Jane

Benedict Martin
as Gunman