The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Release: 1970-11-12
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 5.9
Comedy
Drama
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Cast
Ronnie Corbett
as Interviewer
George A. Cooper
as Blacket
Martin Boddey
as Major Mathieson
Sinéad Cusack
as Yvonne (Uncredited)
Arthur Lowe
as Ferret
Desmond Walter-Ellis
as Buffery
James Cossins
as Crodder
Michael Trubshawe
as Mandeville
Graham Crowden
as Bishop of Cowley
Frank Thornton
as Tom Stoddart
Harold Pinter
as Steven Hench
Roland Culver
as Sir Eric Bentley
Zakes Mokae
as Mugger (uncredited)
John Cleese
as Pumer
Monika Ringwald
as Girl in Commercial
Nicholas Phipps
as Snaggot
Julian Glover
as Colonel Moffat
Norman Rossington
as Guide at Porton Down
Diana Coupland
as Mrs. Spimm
Roger Maxwell
as Party Chairman
Michael Bates
as Mr. Spimm
Ronald Fraser
as Tom Hutchinson
Dudley Foster
as Federman
Denholm Elliott
as Peter NIss
Graham Chapman
as Fromage
Norman Bird
as Alderman Poot
Valerie Leon
as Tanya
Peter Cook
as Michael Rimmer
Vanessa Howard
as Patricia Cartwright
Richard Pearson
as Wilting
Jonathan Cecil
as 'Spot'
Richard Caldicot
as Bream
Guy Middleton
as Potter
Ann Beach
as Receptionist
Dennis Price
as Fairburn
