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 | 3.53 |
Directed By
Bruce Robinson
Crew
Bruce Robinson
David Wimbury
David Dundas
Rick Wentworth
Michael Pickwoad
Bob Smith
Ray Cooper
George Harrison
Denis O'Brien
Bruce Robinson
Alan Strachan
Kathy Sykes
Peter Kohn
Bobby Blues
Andrea Galer
Clive Winter
Henry Harris
Lucy Boulting
Valerie Craig
Sally Jones
Stefan Stankowski
Adam Cooper
Luke Quigley
Trevor Rutherford
Gill Case
Melvin Lind
Alan Chesters
Robyn Hamilton-Doney
Dennis Maddison
Bruce Bigg
Heather Williams
Sue Love
Alan Paley
Paul Smith
Pat Brennan
Paula Connor
Kevin Lane
Stephanie Clark
Lynn Hoey
Reg Parsons
Brian Martin
Alan Grosch
John Turner
Ronnie Rampton
Andrew McDade
Sophie Baker
Libby Shearon
Peter Frampton
John Blakely
Peter Hannan
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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