
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
6.3|5 May, 1989|95 min
The career where two heads are better than one.
6.3|5 May, 1989|95 min
Released
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Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Language
Budget--
Revenue $418,053
English
Budget--
Revenue $418,053
Keywords
satire
advertising
nervous breakdown
advertising executive
advertising agency
advertisement
Casts

Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson
John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge
Monica

John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist
Hugh Armstrong
Harry Wax

Mick Ford
Richard

Jacqueline Pearce
Maud
Christopher Simon
Waiter
Gino Melvazzi
Waiter
Victor Lucas
Tweedy Man
Dawn Keeler
Tweedy Woman
Kerryann White
Girl in Elevator
Vivienne McKone
Receptionist
Donald Hoath
Businessman on train
John Levitt
Businessman
Gordon Gostelow
Priest

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
Joanna Mays
Phillis Blokey

Sean Bean
Larry Frisk

Bruce Robinson
The Boil (Voice Only)

Eric Idle
Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Crews

Bruce Robinson
Director

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
Peter Kohn
Assistant Director
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
Sally Jones
Script Supervisor
Gill Case
Location Manager
Alan Chesters
Construction Manager
Alan Paley
Sound Editor
Lucy Boulting
Casting Director
Melvin Lind
Assistant 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
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