Movie Description
Porridge
(1979)Overview
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.
Featured Crew
- Director : Dick Clement
- Writer : Dick Clement,Ian La Frenais
- Cast : Ronnie Barker,Richard Beckinsale,Fulton Mackay,Brian Wilde,Peter Vaughan,Julian Holloway,Geoffrey Bayldon,Christopher Godwin,Barrie Rutter,Daniel Peacock,Sam Kelly,Ken Jones,Gorden Kaye,Philip Locke,Oliver Smith,Karl Howman,Andrew Dunford,Steve Steen,Ivan Steward,Derek James,Tony Osoba,Zoot Money,Rod Culbertson,Derek Deadman,Robert Putt,Allan Warren,Stewart Harwood,John Barrett,Paul Barber,Sebastian Abineri,John Dair,Barry James,Jackie Pallo Jr.,Robert Lee,Robert Hamilton,Charles Pemberton,Colin Rix,Michael O'Hagan,Paul McDowell,Paul Luty,Duncan Preston,Elizabeth Knight,Nicholas McArdle,Jean Campbell-Dallas,Bill Kerry,Bunny May,Barrie Holland
Cast
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Lennie Godber
Mackay
Barrowclough
Grouty
Bainbridge
Treadaway - Governor
Beal
Oakes
Rudge
Warren
Ives
Dines
Banyard
McMillan
Urquhart
Armstrong
Wellings
Simpkins
Small
McLaren
Lotterby
Callaghan
Cooper
Atkinson
Whalley
Whittaker
Hedley
Morgan
Hayward
Sampson
Delilah
Jacko
Tinkler
Cox
Miller
Lassiter
Collinson
Chalky
Weatherman
Sheila
PC Townsend
Old Lady
Old Man
Alf
Prisoner (uncredited)
Recommendations
Deadpool 2
7.493
Call Me by Your Name
8.13
Captain Marvel
6.814
Joker
8.147
Aladdin
7.101
The Avengers
7.72
Avengers: Endgame
8.247
Suicide Squad
5.921
Thor: Ragnarok
7.6
Avatar: The Way of Water
7.619
Mad Max: Fury Road
7.616
Facts
Original TitlePorridge
Status Released
Release Information
-
1979-08-12
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 33m
Production CompaniesWitzend Productions,Black Lion Films
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime