Porridge
“Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film”
1979•PG-13•1h 33m•6.7•Released
ComedyCrime
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.
Director
Dick Clement
Writer
Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement
Languages
English
Studio
Witzend Productions
Cast
Ronnie Barker
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale
Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay
Mr. Mackay
Brian Wilde
Mr. Barrowclough
Peter Vaughan
Grouty
Julian Holloway
Mr. Bainbridge
Geoffrey Bayldon
Governor Treadaway
Christopher Godwin
Mr. Beal
Barrie Rutter
Oakes
Daniel Peacock
Rudge
Sam Kelly
Warren
Ken Jones
Ives
Philip Locke
Banyard
Gorden Kaye
Dines
Oliver Smith
McMillan
Production
Company
Witzend Productions
Company
Black Lion Films
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