Milner

Milner

71 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 19, 1994

Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, who are an upmarket firm of solicitors.The film follows Milner's fraught relationship with a lucrative client, Ron Jesson. When one of his offices goes up in flames, the press are convinced that Ron arranged the fire for insurance purposes.Milner also has to cope with an estranged wife, batty mother and debt ridden younger brother.

Milner

71 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 19, 1994

Milner
Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, who are an upmarket firm of solicitors.The film follows Milner's fraught relationship with a lucrative client, Ron Jesson. When one of his offices goes up in flames, the press are convinced that Ron arranged the fire for insurance purposes.Milner also has to cope with an estranged wife, batty mother and debt ridden younger brother.
Producers BBC, Talkback Productions
Original title Milner
Directors John Strickland
Writers T.R. Bowen, Peter Fincham

Cast

Mel Smith

as Stephen Milner

Deborah Findlay

as Sylvia Milner

Ronald Pickup

as Jocelyn Fry

Ken Hutchison

as Ronald Jesson

James Fleet

as Hugh Bonning

David Ryall

as Dave Stiles

Eve Pearce

as Mrs Milner

Tom Hollander

as Ben Milner

Louise Beattie

as Elaine Nicholson

Simon Godley

as Toby Judd

Sarah Carpenter

as Felicity Drewett

Badi Uzzaman

as Ajit Rao

Jane Marlow

as Christine Brown

Anny Tobin

as Lizzie Cook

John Hannah

as Windscreen Washer

Bill Moody

as Fred Peart

Tanveer Ghani

as Hamid Khan

John Richardson

as Edward

Terence Harvey

as Charles Snaith

Akim Mogaji

as Caspar Morgab

Nicola Walker

as Colette Brustein

Roger Frost

as Mr Hipps

Malcolm Raeburn

as CI Strachan

John Harding

as Julian Hargreaves

Catherine Tate

as Jesson's P.A.