Paper Roses

Paper Roses

1971 · 52 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, TV Movie

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.

Directed by Barry Davis · Written by Dennis Potter

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Bill Maynard Clarence Hubbard
Donald Gee John Chart
Aimée Delamain Mrs Hubbard
John Carson Joe
Dudley Jones The Critic
Desmond Perry Harold Bladdy
Joe Gladwin Messenger

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