Crossing the Floor
Crossing the Floor
Release: 1996-10-05
·Runtime: 70m
·★ 6.7
TV Movie
Comedy
Drama
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Cast
Meera Syal
as Reporter
Jonathan Cullen
as Michael Hilton
James Ellis
as Andrew Carson
Rosemary Martin
as Janet Pearce
Tony Gardner
as TV Interviewer
Mark Benton
as Ambulance Man
Sophie Dix
as Ambulance Woman
Andy Hamilton
as Daily Comet Editor
Moray Hunter
as Down and Out
Carolyn Pickles
as Returning Officer
Bill Thomas
as Boozer McGill
Jasper Jacob
as Liberal Democrat
Neil Pearson
as Tom Peel
James Fleet
as Prime Minister
Paula Jacobs
as Madam Speaker
Diana Kent
as Alison Hanratty
Helen Baxendale
as Ruth Clarke
Douglas Henshall
as Clive Colville
Clive Russell
as Mick Boyd
Geoffrey Whitehead
as Asst. Chief Constable Turpin
Julian Fellowes
as Sir Mortimer Fawkes
Norman Bird
as Grandfather
Bill Wallis
as Local Party Leader
Tom Wilkinson
as David Hanratty
