Tell Me Lies

This article is about the 1968 British drama film. For the 2022 American television show, see Tell Me Lies (TV series). For the Cats Don't Dance song, see Cats Don't Dance. For the Fleetwood Mac song, see Little Lies.

Tell Me Lies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Brook
Written byDenis Cannan
Produced byPeter Brook
Starring Mark Jones
Pauline Munro
Eric Allan
Robert Langdon Lloyd
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byRichard Peaslee
Production
company
Ronorus Limited
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Tell Me Lies, also known as Us, is a 1968 British documentary drama film directed and produced by Peter Brook. Based on the 1966 play US by Denis Cannan, it stars Mark Jones, Pauline Munro, Eric Allan, and Robert Langdon Lloyd.[1] It was shot in London in the summer of 1967 and starred actors under contract to the Royal Shakespeare Company.[2] The film looks at reactions to the American involvement in the Vietnam War and was highly controversial at the time of its release.

  1. ^ "Tell Me Lies". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ Trewin, John Courtenay (1971). Peter Brook: a biography. Macdonald and Co. p. 161. ISBN 9780356038551.