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Director:
Peter Hall
Writers:
Jeremy Brooks (writer)
Henry Livings (play)
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Release Date:
25 September 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Tagline:
This Film Is Perfectly Normal ... Only The Characters In It Are A Bit Odd.
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User Comments:
original slacker more (2 total)

Cast

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David Warner ... Valentine Brose
Cilla Black ... Betty Dorrick
Zia Mohyeddin ... Dr. Aly Narayana
David Waller ... Mr. Price
Elizabeth Spriggs ... Mrs. Murray
Alan Howard ... Reverend Mort
Jan Holden ... Mrs. Price
Tony Church ... Mr. Arkwright
Joe Gladwin ... Pa Brose
Julie May ... Mrs. Dorrick
Derek Royle ... Briggs
John Steiner ... Anthony
Cyril Cross ... Commissionaire
Clifford Rose ... Registry Office Clerk
Paul Dawkins ... Powerplant Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Work Is a Four Letter Word
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK
Company:
Cavalcade Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
David Waller replaced Alfred Marks who walked out during rehearsals. more
Quotes:
[After getting rudely booted out of an establishment.]
Valentine Brose: I'm going to tell God on you!
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Soundtrack:
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original slacker, 3 December 2002
Author: bibimimi from LV, NV

Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project. Many of the actors in this film also members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Also stars Beatles' friend and recording artist Cilla Black, but I date myself. If you can find this movie, watch it. It's twisted. Right up there with 'Billy Liar'. David Warner is perfect, a creepy combination of disaffected and keenly focused. Oh, where has this movie gone?

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