How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Overview
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $418,053.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.7359 |
Directed By
Bruce Robinson
Crew
Bruce Robinson
David Dundas
Rick Wentworth
David Wimbury
Michael Pickwoad
Bruce Robinson
Bob Smith
George Harrison
Ray Cooper
Denis O'Brien
Bobby Blues
Valerie Craig
Gill Case
Alan Chesters
Pat Brennan
Alan Strachan
Peter Kohn
Andrea Galer
Henry Harris
Kathy Sykes
Clive Winter
Lucy Boulting
Stephanie Clark
Heather Williams
Alan Paley
Trevor Rutherford
Bruce Bigg
Reg Parsons
Sally Jones
Paula Connor
Robyn Hamilton-Doney
Luke Quigley
Lynn Hoey
Dennis Maddison
Stefan Stankowski
Melvin Lind
Sue Love
Paul Smith
Adam Cooper
Kevin Lane
Sophie Baker
Libby Shearon
Alan Grosch
Peter Frampton
Peter Hannan
Brian Martin
Andrew McDade
John Blakely
Ronnie Rampton
John Turner
TOP CAST
Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson
John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge
Monica
John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist
Hugh Armstrong
Harry Wax
Mick Ford
Richard
Jacqueline Pearce
Maud
Christopher Simon
Waiter
Gino Melvazzi
Waiter
Victor Lucas
Tweedy Man
Dawn Keeler
Tweedy Woman
Kerryann White
Girl in Elevator
Vivienne McKone
Receptionist
Donald Hoath
Businessman on train
John Levitt
Businessman
Gordon Gostelow
Priest
Pip Torrens
Jonathan
Tony Slattery
Basil
Rachel Fielding
Jennifer
Pauline Melville
Sylvia Wallace
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Dr Gatty
Francesca Longrigg
Nurse
Tanveer Ghani
Hospital Doctor
Joanna Mays
Phillis Blokey
Sean Bean
Larry Frisk
Bruce Robinson
The Boil (Voice Only)
Eric Idle
Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
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