Private Road is a 1971 British drama film directed by Barney Platts-Mills and starring Susan Penhaligon and Bruce Robinson.

It is a tribute to Bruce Robinson's performance, skittish and morose by turns and with a habitual expression of tousled dismay, that the character emerges as both vivid and sympathetic.

... Glances and silences tell as much as dialogue, most notably in the hilariously embarrassing meeting between Ann's parents and Peter's junkie friend.

In Bronco Bullfrog they virtually were; but in the professional context of Private Road it says much for Platis-Mills own powers of sympathetic observation, his eye for casually revealing tricks of human behaviour.

"[5] Variety said Platts-Mills "shows a greater maturity and depth for a film that should get youthful and adult audience interest with careful placement.

"[6] Alexander Walker reviewing the film at Cannes called it "lovely, unsentimental, well observed... someone in London show it quickly.