The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

May 12, 1995

1h 31m

★ 6.3

A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together.

Overview

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Miramax

Parallax Pictures

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Cast

Reginald Anson

Hugh Grant

Betty

Tara Fitzgerald

Morgan the Goat

Colm Meaney

George Garrad

Ian McNeice

Johnny Shellshocked

Ian Hart

Reverend Jones

Kenneth Griffith

Thomas Twp

Tudor Vaughan

Thomas Twp Two

Hugh Vaughan

Williams the Petroleum

Robert Pugh

Ivor

Robert Blythe

Davies the School

Garfield Morgan

Blod Jones

Lisa Palfrey

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