How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.263
114 Reviews
1989
1h 35min
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Storyline
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Released
May 1989
Runtime
1h 35min
Director
Revenue
$418,053
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Virgin Films, Handmade Films
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)
Eric Idle
Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
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