Moonlight on the Highway

Moonlight on the Highway (1969)

DramaTV Movie

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.

Director: James MacTaggart

Casts

	Ian Holm as David Peters
	Anthony Bate as Dr. Chilton
	Deborah Grant as Marie Holdsworth
	Robin Wentworth as Hon. President
	Frederick Peisley as Gerald
	Wally Patch as Old Londoner
	Arthur Lovegrove as Landlord
	Derek Woodward as 1st Medical Student
	John Flanagan as 2nd Medical Student
	Michael Burrell as Barman
	Harry Hutchinson as Hospital Patient
	Kathleen St John as Hospital Patient
	Bart Allison as Hospital Patient
	Beatrice Greeke as Hospital Patient
	Walter Swash as
	Daphne Riggs as
	Johnny Watson as
	Ursula Granville as

Crew