The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
1h 34m
Running Time
November 12, 1970Release Date
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
1h 34m
Running Time
November 12, 1970Release Date
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Plot.
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 starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Cook
Michael Rimmer / Writer
Denholm Elliott
Peter NIss
Arthur Lowe
Ferret
John Cleese
Pumer / Writer
Vanessa Howard
Patricia Cartwright
Ronald Fraser
Tom Hutchinson
Graham Chapman
Fromage / Writer
Ann Beach
Receptionist
Desmond Walter-Ellis
Buffery
Dudley Foster
Federman
James Cossins
Crodder
Valerie Leon
Tanya
William Job
Waring
Elspeth March
Mrs. Ferret
Dennis Price
Fairburn
Monika Ringwald
Girl in Commercial
Diana Coupland
Mrs. Spimm
John Cameron
Composer
Michael Trubshawe
Mandeville
Harold Pinter
Steven Hench
Ronnie Corbett
Interviewer
Norman Bird
Alderman Poot
Graham Crowden
Bishop of Cowley
Richard Pearson
Wilting
Jerry Ram
Ranjit X
Roger Maxwell
Party Chairman
George A. Cooper
Blacket
Arthur Lovegrove
Studio Doorman
Roland Culver
Sir Eric Bentley
Jonathan Cecil
'Spot'
Ronald Baddiley
Freddie Daring
Frank Thornton
Tom Stoddart
Richard Caldicot
Bream
Nicholas Phipps
Snaggot
Guy Middleton
Potter
Julian Glover
Colonel Moffat
Robert Raglan
General Strike
Norman Rossington
Guide at Porton Down
Martin Boddey
Major Mathieson
Michael Barrington
Major Scott
Michael Bates
Mr. Spimm
Sinéad Cusack
Yvonne (Uncredited)
Kevin Billington
Writer / Director
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Olga Angelinetta
Hairdresser
Eddie Knight
Makeup Artist
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Stan Hawkes
Editor
Ken Lewington
Costume Design
Harry Arbour
Construction Manager
Jonathan Morris
Assistant Sound Editor
Arkadi De Rakoff
Clapper Loader
Richard Hymns
Assistant Editor
Ron Jackson
Production Manager
Michael Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Jenny Reid
Continuity
John Merrick
Casting
Ken Rolls
Sound Editor
Ken Scrivener
Sound Mixer
Barry Wilkinson
Props
Arnold Ross
Location Manager
Jim Willis
Sound Mixer
Dave Clarke
Gaffer
Harvey Harrison
Focus Puller
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
politics
Wiki.
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer is a 1970 British satirical film directed by Kevin Billington, and starring Peter Cook, Vanessa Howard and John Cleese. It was co-written by Cook, Cleese, Graham Chapman and Billington. The film was devised and produced by David Frost under the pseudonym "David Paradine".
The film satirised the growing influence of PR, spin and opinion polls in British politics, as well as parodying political figures of the time such as Harold Wilson and Enoch Powell.
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