Comedy ·Crime · United Kingdom · 1979 · 1h 33m

Porridge

Director

Cast

Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough Peter Vaughan as Grouty Julian Holloway as Mr. Bainbridge

Crew

Dick Clement — Writer Ian La Frenais — Writer

Tagline

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Dick Clement Director Dick Clement Writer Ian La Frenais Writer

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