How to Get Ahead in Advertising

The career where two heads are better than one.

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

Richard E. Grant

Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward

Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson

John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong

Penny Wheelstock

John Shrapnel

Psychiatrist

Mick Ford

Richard

Victor Lucas

Tweedy Man

Dawn Keeler

Tweedy Woman

Kerryann White

Girl in Elevator

Vivienne McKone

Receptionist

Donald Hoath

Businessman on train

John Levitt

Businessman

Pip Torrens

Jonathan

Pauline Melville

Sylvia Wallace

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)

David Dundas

Original Music Composer

Rick Wentworth

Original Music Composer

Michael Pickwoad

Production Design

Bob Smith

Camera Operator

Ray Cooper

Co-Producer

George Harrison

Executive Producer

Denis O'Brien

Executive Producer

Kathy Sykes

Production Manager

Peter Kohn

Assistant Director

Bobby Blues

Production Accountant

Andrea Galer

Costume Design

Clive Winter

Sound Mixer

Henry Harris

Art Direction

Lucy Boulting

Casting Director

Valerie Craig

Production Coordinator

Sally Jones

Script Supervisor

Stefan Stankowski

Focus Puller

Adam Cooper

Camera Loader

Trevor Rutherford

Boom Operator

Gill Case

Location Manager

Melvin Lind

Assistant Director

Alan Chesters

Construction Manager

Robyn Hamilton-Doney

Set Decoration

Dennis Maddison

Property Buyer

Bruce Bigg

Property Master

Heather Williams

Wardrobe Master

Sue Love

Hairdresser

Alan Paley

Sound Editor

Paul Smith

Dialogue Editor

Pat Brennan

Assistant Editor

Paula Connor

Assistant Editor

Kevin Lane

Assistant Editor

Stephanie Clark

Production Secretary

Lynn Hoey

Production Runner

Brian Martin

Best Boy Electric

Alan Grosch

Electrician

John Turner

Electrician

Ronnie Rampton

Electrician

Andrew McDade

Electrician

Sophie Baker

Still Photographer

Libby Shearon

Unit Publicist

Peter Frampton

Makeup Designer

John Blakely

Sculptor

Peter Hannan

Director of Photography

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