The life and tragical decease of British dramatist Joe Orton is chronicle in this biographic movie. When the immature, attractive Orton meet the aged, to a greater extent introspective Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriend the akin spirit and they get down an matter. As Orton become to a greater extent comfy with his sex and get down to happen success with his authorship, Halliwell become progressively estrange and covetous, finally tap into a unsafe fury.