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
Dudley Foster
as Federman
Ronnie Corbett
as Interviewer
Jonathan Cecil
as 'Spot'
Frank Thornton
as Tom Stoddart
Valerie Leon
as Tanya
Nicholas Phipps
as Snaggot
Harold Pinter
as Steven Hench
Roger Maxwell
as Party Chairman
Richard Caldicot
as Bream
Guy Middleton
as Potter
Julian Glover
as Colonel Moffat
Norman Rossington
as Guide at Porton Down
Michael Bates
as Mr. Spimm
Vanessa Howard
as Patricia Cartwright
Norman Bird
as Alderman Poot
Graham Crowden
as Bishop of Cowley
George A. Cooper
as Blacket
Peter Cook
as Michael Rimmer
Desmond Walter-Ellis
as Buffery
Richard Pearson
as Wilting
Roland Culver
as Sir Eric Bentley
Sinéad Cusack
as Yvonne (Uncredited)
Ann Beach
as Receptionist
Dennis Price
as Fairburn
Monika Ringwald
as Girl in Commercial
Diana Coupland
as Mrs. Spimm
Michael Trubshawe
as Mandeville
John Cleese
as Pumer
Martin Boddey
as Major Mathieson
Zakes Mokae
as Mugger (uncredited)
Arthur Lowe
as Ferret
Ronald Fraser
as Tom Hutchinson
Graham Chapman
as Fromage
James Cossins
as Crodder
Denholm Elliott
as Peter NIss
