Moonlight on the Highway

Moonlight on the Highway

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 12, 1969

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

40%

Original Title

Moonlight on the Highway

Production Companies

LWT, Kestrel Films

Director

James MacTaggart

Description

Writing for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series, Dennis Potter introduced the notion that popular music expresses the yearning of the human spirit for a better world. A troubled young man, David Peters (Ian Holm), claims, "Once dreams were possible, that's what the popular songs told us." Rejecting rock music of the day, Peters is immersed in the tunes of Thirties crooner Al Bowlly (killed during the London blitz). He collects Bowlly memorabilia, publishes the Bowlly fan-club newsletter, and finds pleasure in lip-synching Bowlly records but his obsession with Bowlly masks certain darker events in his past.