How to Get Ahead in Advertising
The career where two heads are better than one.
1989 · 1h 35m · R
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Bruce Robinson
Overview
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Director and cast
- Bruce Robinson Director
- Richard E. Grant as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
- Rachel Ward as Julia Bagley
- Richard Wilson as John Bristol
- Jacqueline Tong as Penny Wheelstock
- Susan Wooldridge as Monica
- John Shrapnel as Psychiatrist
- Rory Acton Burnell as Monica
- Hugh Armstrong as Harry Wax
- Mick Ford as Richard
- Jacqueline Pearce as Maud
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