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
Sebastian Abineri
as Hayward
Michael O'Hagan
as MO
Duncan Preston
as Weatherman
Julian Holloway
as Mr. Bainbridge
Karl Howman
as Urquhart
Ronnie Barker
as Norman Stanley Fletcher
Geoffrey Bayldon
as Governor Treadaway
Gorden Kaye
as Dines
Elizabeth Knight
as Sheila
Paul Heasman
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Richard Beckinsale
as Lennie Godber
Christopher Godwin
as Mr. Beal
Barrie Rutter
as Oakes
Sam Kelly
as Warren
Derek Deadman
as Cooper
Fulton Mackay
as Mr. Mackay
Philip Locke
as Banyard
John Barrett
as Hedley
Zoot Money
as Lotterby
Robert Lee
as Tinkler
Daniel Peacock
as Rudge
Oliver Smith
as McMillan
Brian Wilde
as Mr. Barrowclough
Peter Vaughan
as Grouty
Ken Jones
as Ives
Tony Osoba
as McLaren
Steve Steen
as Wellings
Robert Putt
as Atkinson
Paul Barber
as Morgan