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Porridge

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

  • Movie
  • 1979
  • PG-13
  • 1h 33m

Directed by Dick Clement

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 41 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Ronnie Barker

    Ronnie BarkerNorman Stanley Fletcher

  • Richard Beckinsale

    Richard BeckinsaleLennie Godber

  • Fulton Mackay

    Fulton MackayMr. Mackay

  • Brian Wilde

    Brian WildeMr. Barrowclough

  • Peter Vaughan

    Peter VaughanGrouty

  • Julian Holloway

    Julian HollowayMr. Bainbridge

  • Geoffrey Bayldon

    Geoffrey BayldonGovernor Treadaway

  • Christopher Godwin

    Christopher GodwinMr. Beal

  • Barrie Rutter

    Barrie RutterOakes

  • Daniel Peacock

    Daniel PeacockRudge

  • Sam Kelly

    Sam KellyWarren

  • Ken Jones

    Ken JonesIves

  • Philip Locke

    Philip LockeBanyard

  • Gorden Kaye

    Gorden KayeDines

  • Oliver Smith

    Oliver SmithMcMillan

  • Andrew DunfordArmstrong

  • Steve Steen

    Steve SteenWellings

  • Ivan StewardSimkin

Director
Dick Clement
Writer
Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement