Porridge (1979)

PG-1308/12/1979Comedy, Crime1h 33m
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Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Ronnie Barker

    Norman Stanley Fletcher

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    Richard Beckinsale

    Lennie Godber

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    Fulton Mackay

    Mr. Mackay

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    Brian Wilde

    Mr. Barrowclough

  5. Cast 1

    Peter Vaughan

    Grouty

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    Julian Holloway

    Mr. Bainbridge

  7. Cast 1

    Geoffrey Bayldon

    Governor Treadaway

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    Christopher Godwin

    Mr. Beal

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    Barrie Rutter

    Oakes

Building on the huge success of the BBC Television series, this time we join the career petty criminal "Fletcher" (Ronnie Barker) and cellmate "Lenny" (Richard Beckinsale) in their Cumbrian wilderness prison where they regularly spar with chief warder "Mackay" (Fulton Mackay) and bamboozle the kindly "Barrowclough" (Brian Wilde). The van turns up one afternoon carrying two new arrivals. One is "Oakes" (Barrie Rutter) the other, well he's the new prison officer "Beal" (Christopher Godwin). The former is a bit of an heavy and it's soon clear that with the help of de facto prison governor "Grouty...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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