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How to Get Ahead in Advertising

19891h 35m6.3/ 10 · TMDB · 116 votes
FantasyComedyDrama

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

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Directed by Bruce Robinson

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant

Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward

Julia Bagley

Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson

John Bristol

Jacqueline Tong
Jacqueline Tong

Penny Wheelstock

Susan Wooldridge
Susan Wooldridge

Monica

John Shrapnel
John Shrapnel

Psychiatrist

Hugh Armstrong

Harry Wax

Mick Ford
Mick Ford

Richard

Jacqueline Pearce
Jacqueline Pearce

Maud

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Film details

Released5 May 1989
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
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