Every Home Should Have One (1970)
Overview
Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that make the product seem sexy. This leads him to confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.969 |
Directed By
Jim Clark
Crew
Jim Clark
Richard Williams
Denis Norden
Terry Glinwood
Marty Feldman
Herbert Kretzmer
Barry Took
John Cameron
Milton Shulman
Jeanette Freeman
Ned Sherrin
Ken Hodges
Roy Stannard
Daphne Dare
Ralph Sheldon
Richard Mills
Thelma Graves
George Minassian
Jim Sibley
Pat Green
Buster Ambler
Barbara Rowland
Nolan Roberts
TOP CAST
Marty Feldman
Teddy Brown
Judy Cornwell
Liz Brown
Garry Miller
Richard Brown
Shelley Berman
Nat Kaplan
Hy Hazell
Mrs. Kaplan
Julie Ege
Inga Giltenburg
Penelope Keith
Lotte von Gelbstein
Moray Watson
Chandler
Jack Watson
McLaughlin
Mark Elwes
Rokes
Harold Innocent
Jimpson
Dinsdale Landen
Vicar Geoffrey Mellish
John McKelvey
Col. Belper
Charles Lewsen
Arthur Soames
Maggie Jones
Hetty Soames
Ellis Dale
Leonard Crape
Frances de la Tour
Maud Crape
Patrick Cargill
Wallace Truffit MP
Patience Collier
Mrs Monty Levin
Ray Fell
Goldilocks Presenter
Annabel Leventon
Chandler's Secretary
Mischa De La Motte
Trufitt's Manservant
Veronica Clifford
Hot Dog Girl
Diana Quiseekay
Elvira
Vicki Hodge
Pippa
Sarah Badel
Joanna Snow
John Wells
Tolworth
Michael Bates
Magistrate
Robert Farrant
Porridge Eater #2
Kenny Rodway
Porridge Eater #3
Dave Dee
Wednesday Play Star
Judy Huxtable
Dracula's Victim
Rose Hill
Shopping Woman
Winnie Holman
Shopping Woman #2
Rose Hill
Shopping Woman #1
Bernard Sharpe
Shopping Man
Roland Curram
Arthur/Mario
David Hutcheson
Stockbroker
Roy Beck
Passer By
Alan Bennett
Defence Solicitor
Erika Bergmann
Hildegarde
Geraldine Gardner
Girl
Sheila Gish
Mother in Commercial
Christopher Godwin
Magistrate's Clerk
James Payne
Taxi Driver with the Dwarfs
Marianne Stone
TV Production Assistant
John Hamill
Porridge Eater
John Bindon
Strongman at Party
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