Porridge (1979)
Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film
93 min
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.
- Release date
- August 12, 1979
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Australia
Where to watch
Free
Darkroom
Cast
- Ronnie Barker as Fletcher
- Richard Beckinsale as Lennie
- Fulton Mackay as Mackay
- Brian Wilde as Barrowclough
- Peter Vaughan as Harry Grout
- Julian Holloway as Bainbridge
- Geoffrey Bayldon as Governor
- Christopher Godwin as Beal
- Barrie Rutter as Oakes
- Daniel Peacock as Rudge
- Sam Kelly as Warren
- Ken Jones as Ives
- Philip Locke as Banyard
- Oliver Smith as McMillan
- Karl Howman as Urquhart
- Rod Culbertson as Callaghan
- Derek Deadman as Cooper
- Robert Putt as Atkinson
- Allan Warren as Whalley
- Stewart Harwood as Whittaker
- Tony Osoba as McLaren
- John Barrett as Hedley
- Paul Barber as Morgan
- Sebastian Abineri as Hayward
Crew
- Dick Clement · Director
- Dick Clement · Writer
- Ian La Frenais · Writer
- Ian La Frenais · Producer
- Allan McKeown · Producer
- Robert Huke · Cinematographer
- Alan Jones · Editor
- Esta Charkham · Casting director