The Naked Civil Servant (1975) 1/8

[vivienmerchant]

The magnificent spectacle of any actor joyfully seizing the opportunity to camp it up to the max is a sight to behold. And it's the straight ones who seem to do it the best! Look at Roger Lloyd Pack for example. By the way, what incredibly brave people the real ones must have been.

[Adler36]

I wonder, if Quentin Crisp was really homosexual (as he always mentioned) or more of a transexual? But maybe the lines can merge... (Sigmund Freud said that anyway everyone can be anything...)

Whatever, he was awesome and John Hurt plays him really magnificant, I think! :)

[Adler36]

Only a legend can play a legend. :) Quentin Crisp and John Hurt are awesome!

[TheLorraine64]

@drunkandangry So true, he is just memorising !

[dirtynuke]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!



[StLennyBruce]

I am so afraid this movie will inspire me to put on make up and dress up in women's clothing!

[muffinisis]

brilliant series, well acted John Hurt was exceptional

[ZiggyPieHands]

Staying home, not feeling well enough for school - I must spend my time wisely adoring John Hurt. ♥

[Consolatrix4]

Watched it yesterday. John Hurt at his best !

[ChocolateExplosion]

This is hilarious...

[Aannan]

1:18 That's Owen from 'The Vicar of Dibley' :)

[soeffingwhat]

@Aannan - Its also Trigger from 'Only Fools and Horses'.

[Sapphonouveau]

@soeffingwhat And John Lumic in Dr Who!

[Loverboy19691]

I remember this going out in december 1975.

[meltonmiller]

What a wonderful and criminally under rated actor,John Hurt is up there with the best.Reggie583 i'm glad as a Brit that these two compatriots of mine gave you some happiness in what was clearly was an unreasonable world (from London to New York ..both much improved these days ) .No one should have to suffer the effects of homophobia .BlueHippo

[reggie583]

@meltonmiller Thanks-- it was definitely crazy, but there were little havens. I'm happy to have lived long enough to see the early fruits of the labor of Quentin and the others. I'd love to see him walk through Hoxton now! HA!

[deadbeat1980]

OUTSTANDING!!!! This is right up there with DeNiro as Travis Bickle, Pacino as Tony Montana................Roger Lloyd Pack as 'Trigger'! TOP NOTCH!!!!

[rix16]

2:55 , no, what he needs is a good cock up the bottom! :)

[peedutt]

One dislike, must be a closeteer. X

[reggie583]

Thank you so much for uploading this movie! As a kid in the Bronx in the 70's and 80's, my life would have been miserable without the example of courage set by Messrs. Crisp and Hurt.

[ledzzappa]

@reggie583 wow when did you first see it bro? i saw it as a kid in 1976 in england i didnt know it was shown in the u.s,

[reggie583]

@ledzzappa It must've been around 1978-- that was when my folks got a new TV and stored the old one in the basement. PBS put on some serious stuff back then-- whenever the Thames opener came on, I knew I was in for something unique.

[Houdini774]

A brilliant role. John Hurt is the consumate actor. His only other role that surpasses this is when he played the evil Caligula in "I, Claudius".

[krakenwave]

@Houdini774

As Kane in "Alien" he was unforgettable. Casting him for that film was a stroke of genius.

[Songsmirth]

@Houdini774 Ditto. Still gives me the creaps when I think of that role but then Caligula. .

[Zacharyfisk]

Denis Pratt

[roquesleflambeur]

So was he gay then?

[MrAnthonymiguel]

Quentin !

[antitum]

Did anyone catch Quentin's brief appearence in The Bride with Sting? Perfect creepiness! Hurt is great in this.Cant imagine another actor doing the part.Love the witty lines.

[1mapucheful]

I feel so sorry for his parents.

[maryellena1971]

@henrycaville he won a BAFTA for this.

[Nneka1963]

BRILLIANT!!! John Hurt played this roll absolutely brilliantly!!! Thank's a million for the uploads!!! :o)

[crumplezone1]

"what a camp cafe ! i`ll have a Bun please !! "he he

[katpunk13]

Love this I've been wanting to see this for a long while, Love Quentin Crisp met him a couple of times what an interesting witty fellow!

[drunkandangry]

My god John Hurt...I can't take my eyes away from his spectacular performance of Quentin Crisp

[PunkCabaretDoll]

@drunkandangry me too, me too. and he's absolutely beautiful to look at too!

[mammashazza]

@drunkandangry i met quentin when i was 18 i am now 51. i remember it well what a fantastic chap

[mthivier]

Thank you or posting this. I watched it in the '70s as a teenager, when it aired on PBS, but have been wanting to watch it again ever since.

[alicetaylor1984]

John Hurt is the finest actor of his generation. This is one ITV's finest triumphs in drama.

[desperatebeat]

THANK YOU. One of my favorite actors playing my favorite gay icon. <3

[grahamsmith1907]

One of the actors????? is trigger from "Only Fools and Horses"

[MegaGayjesus]

@grahamsmith1907 "Bermondsy Liz"

[sergie1969]

"So bona to vada...your lovely eek and your lovely riah!"

[buffykidd1971]

John Hurt.. fantastic brilliant actor

[starrynightz]

Thank you so much.  I love this film!

[BelatedCommiseration]

Wow! Its Robert Lloyd Pack! I never knew he appeared in this...and he's not the first person you would think of to play someone effeminate...however he is an actor I suppose...try acting dear boy!

[TTLTOY1]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[muffinisis]

i have to say this is excellent, i had all of them saved and they were deleted, i enjoyed it when it first appeared and it has lost nothing throughout the years

[sweetiedarling20]

thank you so so much for this