Porridge (1979)

Name: Porridge
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1979-08-12
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Peter Vaughan

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.

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Released 1979-08-12 · 93 min · Comedy, Crime

Directed by Dick Clement

Cast

Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay
Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough
Peter Vaughan as Grouty
Julian Holloway as Mr. Bainbridge
Geoffrey Bayldon as Governor Treadaway
Christopher Godwin as Mr. Beal
Barrie Rutter as Oakes
Daniel Peacock as Rudge
Sam Kelly as Warren
Ken Jones as Ives
Philip Locke as Banyard
Gorden Kaye as Dines
Oliver Smith as McMillan