How to Get Ahead in Advertising

May 5, 1989

1h 35m

★ 6.2

The career where two heads are better than one.

Overview

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Genres

Fantasy

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Virgin Films

Handmade Films

How to Get Ahead in Advertising Trailers

Cast

Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Richard E. Grant

Julia Bagley

Rachel Ward

John Bristol

Richard Wilson

Penny Wheelstock

Jacqueline Tong

Monica

Susan Wooldridge

Psychiatrist

John Shrapnel

Harry Wax

Hugh Armstrong

Richard

Mick Ford

Maud

Jacqueline Pearce

Waiter

Christopher Simon

Waiter

Gino Melvazzi

Tweedy Man

Victor Lucas

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