How to Get Ahead in Advertising
104 reviews
Fantasy/Comedy
1h 35m
1989
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
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Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
- DirectorBruce Robinson
- Release5 May 1989
- Genre
- Duration1h 35m
- Budget?
- Revenue$418,053
- Rate104 reviews
- Productions
Virgin Films, Handmade Films
Cast

Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson
John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge
Monica

John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist

Mick Ford
Richard

Jacqueline Pearce
Maud

Pip Torrens
Jonathan

Tony Slattery
Basil

Rachel Fielding
Jennifer

Pauline Melville
Sylvia Wallace

Roddy Maude-Roxby
Dr Gatty

Francesca Longrigg
Nurse

Tanveer Ghani
Hospital Doctor

Sean Bean
Larry Frisk

Bruce Robinson
The Boil (voice)

Eric Idle
Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
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