Porridge
Porridge
Release: 1979-08-12
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Witzend Productions
Black Lion Films
Cast
Oliver Smith
as McMillan
Steve Steen
as Wellings
Sebastian Abineri
as Hayward
Michael O'Hagan
as MO
Duncan Preston
as Weatherman
Karl Howman
as Urquhart
Derek Deadman
as Cooper
Robert Lee
as Tinkler
Elizabeth Knight
as Sheila
Ken Jones
as Ives
Geoffrey Bayldon
as Governor Treadaway
Gorden Kaye
as Dines
Robert Putt
as Atkinson
Daniel Peacock
as Rudge
Paul Heasman
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Ronnie Barker
as Norman Stanley Fletcher
Peter Vaughan
as Grouty
Christopher Godwin
as Mr. Beal
Barrie Rutter
as Oakes
Fulton Mackay
as Mr. Mackay
Julian Holloway
as Mr. Bainbridge
Sam Kelly
as Warren
Zoot Money
as Lotterby
Tony Osoba
as McLaren
John Barrett
as Hedley
Brian Wilde
as Mr. Barrowclough
Paul Barber
as Morgan
Richard Beckinsale
as Lennie Godber
Philip Locke
as Banyard