Porridge

Porridge (1979)

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

  • Genre: Comedy, Crime
  • Release Date: 1979-08-12
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 37 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Witzend Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Dick Clement
star 6.7/10
From 37 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Ronnie Barker

    as Norman Stanley Fletcher

  • Richard Beckinsale

    as Lennie Godber

  • Fulton Mackay

    as Mackay

  • Brian Wilde

    as Barrowclough

  • Peter Vaughan

    as Grouty

  • Julian Holloway

    as Bainbridge

  • Geoffrey Bayldon

    as Treadaway - Governor

  • Christopher Godwin

    as Beal

  • Barrie Rutter

    as Oakes

  • Daniel Peacock

    as Rudge

  • Sam Kelly

    as Warren

  • Ken Jones

    as Ives

  • Gorden Kaye

    as Dines

  • Philip Locke

    as Banyard

  • Oliver Smith

    as McMillan

  • Karl Howman

    as Urquhart

  • Andrew Dunford

    as Armstrong

  • Steve Steen

    as Wellings

  • Ivan Steward

    as Simpkins

  • Derek James

    as Small

  • Tony Osoba

    as McLaren

  • Zoot Money

    as Lotterby

  • Rod Culbertson

    as Callaghan

  • Derek Deadman

    as Cooper

  • Robert Putt

    as Atkinson

  • Allan Warren

    as Whalley

  • Stewart Harwood

    as Whittaker

  • John Barrett

    as Hedley

  • Paul Barber

    as Morgan

  • Sebastian Abineri

    as Hayward

  • John Dair

    as Sampson

  • Barry James

    as Delilah

  • Jackie Pallo Jr.

    as Jacko

  • Robert Lee

    as Tinkler

  • Robert Hamilton

    as Cox

  • Charles Pemberton

    as Miller

  • Colin Rix

    as Lassiter

  • Michael O'Hagan

    as MO

  • Paul McDowell

    as Collinson

  • Paul Luty

    as Chalky

  • Duncan Preston

    as Weatherman

  • Elizabeth Knight

    as Sheila

  • Nicholas McArdle

    as PC Townsend

  • Jean Campbell-Dallas

    as Old Lady

  • Bill Kerry

    as Old Man

  • Bunny May

    as Alf

  • Barrie Holland

    as Prisoner (uncredited)
Writing Ian La Frenais Writer
Directing Dick Clement Director
Writing Dick Clement Writer

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