How to Get Ahead in Advertising

The movie is a farce about a mentally unstable advertising executive, Denis Dimbleby Bagley (played by Grant), who suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream. Ward plays his long-suffering but sympathetic wife. Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) plays John Bristol, Bagley's boss.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 34113
Status Released
Released Worldwide May 5, 1989
Runtime 95 minutes
Genres Fantasy Comedy
Original Country Great Britain
Original Language English
Spoken Languages English
Production Company HandMade Films Virgin Films
Production Countries Great Britain
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Box Office Worldwide $418,053
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Jacqueline Tong
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John Shrapnel
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Susan Wooldridge
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Hugh Armstrong
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Mick Ford
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Jacqueline Pearce
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Christopher Simon
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Gino Melvazzi
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Tony Slattery
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Rachel Fielding
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Roddy Maude-Roxby
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Bruce Robinson
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Gordon Gostelow
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Richard E. Grant
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
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Rachel Ward
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Richard Wilson
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Pip Torrens
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Pauline Melville
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Sean Bean
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