The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Kevin Billington
1970-11-12


6
94 min

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.

Cast

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