How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989FantasyComedyDrama95 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

  • Bruce Robinson

    Director

  • Bruce Robinson

    Screenplay

  • Peter Hannan

    Director of Photography

  • Alan Strachan

    Editor

  • Richard E. Grant

    Denis Dimbleby Bagley

  • Rachel Ward

    Julia Bagley

  • Richard Wilson

    John Bristol

  • Jacqueline Tong

    Penny Wheelstock

  • John Shrapnel

    Psychiatrist

  • Susan Wooldridge

    Monica

  • Hugh Armstrong

    Harry Wax

  • Mick Ford

    Richard

  • Jacqueline Pearce

    Maud

  • Christopher Simon

    Waiter

  • Gino Melvazzi

    Waiter

  • Tony Slattery

    Basil

  • Rachel Fielding

    Jennifer

  • Pip Torrens

    Jonathan

  • Jon Levitt

    Businessman on train

  • Donald Hoath

    Businessman on train

  • Pauline Melville

    Sylvia

  • Sean Bean

    Larry Frisk

  • Francesca Longrigg

    Nurse

  • Tanveer Ghani

    Doctor

  • Roddy Maude-Roxby

    Dr Gatty

  • Joanna Mays

    Phillis Blokey

  • Bruce Robinson

    The Boil (Voice Only)

  • Eric Idle

    Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)

  • Gordon Gostelow

    Priest

    • Runtime

    95 minutes

    Released

    1989-05-05

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Virgin Films

    HandMade Films

    Sound

  • David Dundas

    Original Music Composer

  • Rick Wentworth

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    1023 days ago

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