Who's Who

Who's Who

80 mins | Drama | Feb. 5, 1979

Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.

Who's Who

80 mins | Drama | Feb. 5, 1979

Who's Who
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers BBC
Original title Who's Who
Directors Mike Leigh
Writers Mike Leigh

Cast

Richard Kane

as Alan

Joolia Cappleman

as April

Phil Davis

as Kevin

Simon Chandler

as Nigel

Felicity Dean

as Caroline

Adam Norton

as Giles

Graham Seed

as Anthony

Catherine Hall

as Samantha

Geraldine James

as Miss Hunt

Sam Kelly

as Mr Desmond Shakespeare

Jeffry Wickham

as Francis

Souad Faress

as Samya

David Neville

as Lord Crouchurst

Richenda Carey

as Lady Crouchurst

Lavinia Bertram

as Nanny

Francesca Martin

as Selina

Angela Curran

as Woman in Window

Roger Hammond

as Man in Window