Directed by:
Alvin RakoffScreenplay:
Peter YeldhamCinematography:
Ken HodgesCast:
Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Edmund Purdom, Harold Goodwin, Chubby Checker, Eileen Way, Frank Thornton, Jack Sharp (more)Plots(1)
After sabotaging his last gig, a struggling middle-aged actor gets one last shot at his career when he lands the leading role in several TV ads. (Netflix)
Cast
Kenneth More
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Billie Whitelaw
UK
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
The Water Babies (1978)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Frank Finlay
UK
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
The Longest Day (1962)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
Edmund Purdom
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Harold Goodwin
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Chubby Checker
USA
Best movies:
Ring-a-Ding Rhythm (1962)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Calendar Girl (1993)
Eileen Way
UK
Best movies:
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
The Vikings (1958)
Frank Thornton
UK
Best movies:
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Jack Sharp
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Night Creatures (1962)
Alan Dobie
UK
Best movies:
The Long Day's Dying (1968)
Doctor Faustus (1967)
Madame Sin (1972)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Hamilton Dyce
UK
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
Becket (1964)
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Myrtle Reed
UK
Best movies:
The Weapon (1956)
Chain of Events (1957)
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
Edwin Richfield
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Guy Deghy
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Becket (1964)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Derek Francis
UK
Best movies:
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
Press for Time (1966)
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
John Tatum
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Pauline Chamberlain
UK
Best movies: