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Coming Out

Apr 10, 1979 · 1h 9m
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Drama
Comedy
TV Movie

PLOT

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.

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CAST

Anton Rodgers
Lewis Duncan/Zippy Grimes
Nigel Havers
Richie
Hywel Bennett
Harry Essendorf
Michael Byrne
Gunnar Wedelman
Richard Pearson
Gerald Fox
Helen Cherry
Mrs Cooper
Lynda La Plante
Cecilia Plasche (as Lynda Marchal)
Roy Evans
Charlie Rose
Directed by Carol Wiseman

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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