< The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)

MOVIE | 1h 40m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.9 (769)

Comedy | Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted, flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain, he starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

• Director: Kevin Billington
• Writer: Peter Cook
• Writer: John Cleese
• Writer: Graham Chapman
• Writer: Kevin Billington
• Ann Beach (32) - Receptionist
• Desmond Walter-Ellis (56) - Buffery
• Peter Cook (33) - Michael Rimmer
• Arthur Lowe (55) - Ferret
• Dudley Foster (46) - Federman
• John Cleese (31) - Pumer
• James Cossins (37) - Crodder
• Valerie Leon (27) - Tanya
• Graham Chapman (29) - Fromage
• William Job (40) - Waring
• Elspeth March (59) - Mrs. Ferret
• Dennis Price (55) - Fairburn
• Marilyn Rickard - Girl in Commercial
• Diana Coupland (42) - Mrs. Spimm
• Rosalie Westwater (48) - Tart
• Michael Trubshawe (65) - Mandeville
• Harold Pinter (40) - Steven Hench
• Denholm Elliott (48) - Peter Niss
• Percy Edwards (62) - Bird Impersonator
• Ronnie Corbett (40) - Interviewer