How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | May 5, 1989

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

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | May 5, 1989

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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Virgin Films, HandMade Films
Original title How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Directors Melvin Lind, Sally Jones, Bruce Robinson, Peter Kohn
Writers Bruce Robinson

Cast

Richard E. Grant

as Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward

as Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson

as John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong

as Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge

as Monica

John Shrapnel

as Psychiatrist

Hugh Armstrong

as Harry Wax

Mick Ford

as Richard

Christopher Simon

as Waiter

Gino Melvazzi

as Waiter

Victor Lucas

as Tweedy Man

Dawn Keeler

as Tweedy Woman

Kerryann White

as Girl in Elevator

Vivienne McKone

as Receptionist

Donald Hoath

as Businessman on train

John Levitt

as Businessman on train

Gordon Gostelow

as Priest

Pip Torrens

as Jonathan

Tony Slattery

as Basil

Rachel Fielding

as Jennifer

Pauline Melville

as Sylvia Wallace

Roddy Maude-Roxby

as Dr Gatty

Tanveer Ghani

as Hospital Doctor

Joanna Mays

as Phillis Blokey

Sean Bean

as Larry Frisk

Bruce Robinson

as The Boil (Voice Only)

Eric Idle

as Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)