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How to Get Ahead in Advertising

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

1989 |1h 35m |  Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Richard E. Grant

Denis Dimbleby Bagley

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Rachel Ward

Julia Bagley

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Richard Wilson

John Bristol

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Jacqueline Tong

Penny Wheelstock

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Susan Wooldridge

Monica

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John Shrapnel

Psychiatrist

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Mick Ford

Richard

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Jacqueline Pearce

Maud

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Pip Torrens

Jonathan

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Tony Slattery

Basil

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Rachel Fielding

Jennifer

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Pauline Melville

Sylvia Wallace

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Roddy Maude-Roxby

Dr Gatty

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Francesca Longrigg

Nurse

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Tanveer Ghani

Hospital Doctor

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Sean Bean

Larry Frisk

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Bruce Robinson

The Boil (Voice Only)

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Eric Idle

Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$418,053.00