{"product_id":"girl-stroke-boy-blu-ray","title":"Girl Stroke Boy (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBased on David Percival’s acclaimed play\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGirlfriend\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGirl Stroke Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a one-of-a-kind comedy which tells of two everyday, middle-class parents who are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian (actor and pop star Peter Straker in a pioneering performance).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDirected with an affectionate, light touch by Bob Kellet (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUp Pompeii, Space: 1999\u003c\/em\u003e) and featuring a superb cast, including Joan Greenwood (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMysterious Island, Kind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/em\u003e), Michael Hordern (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Missionary, Barry Lyndon\u003c\/em\u003e), Patricia Routledge (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo Sir, with Love\u003c\/em\u003e), and Clive Francis (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/em\u003e),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGirl Stroke Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estill packs a punch today thanks to Straker’s flamboyant performance (British cinema’s first gay leading role to be played by a black actor) and the prescient subject matter. 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