“The career where two heads are better than one.”
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.3
107 votes·1989
·1h 35m
·MovieFantasyComedyDrama
Overview
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Keywords
satireadvertisingnervous breakdownadvertising executiveadvertising agencyadvertisement
Cast
Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson
John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge
Monica
John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist
Hugh Armstrong
Harry Wax
Mick Ford
Richard
Jacqueline Pearce
Maud
Christopher Simon
Waiter
Gino Melvazzi
Waiter
Victor Lucas
Tweedy Man
Dawn Keeler
Tweedy Woman
Kerryann White
Girl in Elevator
Vivienne McKone
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