The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970Fresh-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.
Acted in
Peter Cook
as Michael Rimmer
Denholm Elliott
as Peter NIss
Arthur Lowe
as Ferret
John Cleese
as Pumer
Vanessa Howard
as Patricia Cartwright
Ronald Fraser
as Tom Hutchinson
Graham Chapman
as Fromage
Ann Beach
as Receptionist
Desmond Walter-Ellis
as Buffery
Dudley Foster
as Federman
James Cossins
as Crodder
Valerie Leon
as Tanya
William Job
as Waring
Elspeth March
as Mrs. Ferret
Dennis Price
as Fairburn
Monika Ringwald
as Girl in Commercial
Diana Coupland
as Mrs. Spimm
Michael Trubshawe
as Mandeville
Harold Pinter
as Steven Hench
Ronnie Corbett
as Interviewer
Norman Bird
as Alderman Poot
Graham Crowden
as Bishop of Cowley
Richard Pearson
as Wilting
Jerry Ram
as Ranjit X
Roger Maxwell
as Party Chairman
George A. Cooper
as Blacket
Arthur Lovegrove
as Studio Doorman
Roland Culver
as Sir Eric Bentley
Jonathan Cecil
as 'Spot'
Ronald Baddiley
as Freddie Daring
Frank Thornton
as Tom Stoddart
Richard Caldicot
as Bream
Nicholas Phipps
as Snaggot
Guy Middleton
as Potter
Julian Glover
as Colonel Moffat
Robert Raglan
as General Strike
Norman Rossington
as Guide at Porton Down
Martin Boddey
as Major Mathieson
Michael Barrington
as Major Scott
Michael Bates
as Mr. Spimm
Sinéad Cusack
as Yvonne (Uncredited)