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How to Get Ahead in Advertising

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Calorie Rating: 132
Released: 1989-05-05
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Revenue 418053
Studios: Virgin Films, Handmade Films,

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

Director / Directors

Bruce Robinson

Director

Peter Kohn

Assistant Director

Sally Jones

Script Supervisor

Melvin Lind

Assistant Director

Cast

Richard E. Grant

Character: Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward

Character: Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson

Character: John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong

Character: Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge

Character: Monica

John Shrapnel

Character: Psychiatrist

Hugh Armstrong

Character: Harry Wax

Mick Ford

Character: Richard

Jacqueline Pearce

Character: Maud

Christopher Simon

Character: Waiter

Gino Melvazzi

Character: Waiter

Victor Lucas

Character: Tweedy Man

Dawn Keeler

Character: Tweedy Woman

Kerryann White

Character: Girl in Elevator

Vivienne McKone

Character: Receptionist

Donald Hoath

Character: Businessman on train

John Levitt

Character: Businessman

Gordon Gostelow

Character: Priest

Pip Torrens

Character: Jonathan

Tony Slattery

Character: Basil

Rachel Fielding

Character: Jennifer

Pauline Melville

Character: Sylvia Wallace

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Character: Dr Gatty

Francesca Longrigg

Character: Nurse

Tanveer Ghani

Character: Hospital Doctor

Joanna Mays

Character: Phillis Blokey

Sean Bean

Character: Larry Frisk

Bruce Robinson

Character: The Boil (Voice Only)

Eric Idle

Character: Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)

Production and Crew

David Dundas

Original Music Composer

David Wimbury

Producer

Rick Wentworth

Original Music Composer

Michael Pickwoad

Production Design

George Harrison

Executive Producer

Bob Smith

Camera Operator

Ray Cooper

Co-Producer

Denis O'Brien

Executive Producer

Bruce Robinson

Writer

Alan Strachan

Editor

Trevor Rutherford

Boom Operator

Henry Harris

Art Direction

Bobby Blues

Production Accountant

Andrea Galer

Costume Design

Luke Quigley

Grip

Bruce Bigg

Property Master

Kevin Lane

Assistant Editor

Kathy Sykes

Production Manager

Dennis Maddison

Property Buyer

Gill Case

Location Manager

Alan Chesters

Construction Manager

Alan Paley

Sound Editor

Lucy Boulting

Casting Director

Heather Williams

Wardrobe Master

Paul Smith

Dialogue Editor

Adam Cooper

Camera Loader

Stephanie Clark

Production Secretary

Valerie Craig

Production Coordinator

Clive Winter

Sound Mixer

Sue Love

Hairdresser

Robyn Hamilton-Doney

Set Decoration

Reg Parsons

Gaffer

Stefan Stankowski

Focus Puller

Paula Connor

Assistant Editor

Pat Brennan

Assistant Editor

Lynn Hoey

Production Runner

John Blakely

Sculptor

Sophie Baker

Still Photographer

Brian Martin

Best Boy Electric

Peter Hannan

Director of Photography

Ronnie Rampton

Electrician

Andrew McDade

Electrician

Libby Shearon

Unit Publicist

Peter Frampton

Makeup Designer

John Turner

Electrician

Alan Grosch

Electrician