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.
- 6.7
- 1979
- Released
- 1h 33m
Ronnie Barker
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Richard Beckinsale
Lennie Godber
Fulton Mackay
Mr. Mackay
Brian Wilde
Mr. Barrowclough
Peter Vaughan
Grouty
Julian Holloway
Mr. Bainbridge
Geoffrey Bayldon
Governor Treadaway
Christopher Godwin
Mr. Beal
Barrie Rutter
Oakes
Daniel Peacock
Rudge
Sam Kelly
Warren
Ken Jones
Ives
Philip Locke
Banyard
Gorden Kaye
Dines
Oliver Smith
McMillan
Andrew Dunford
Armstrong
Steve Steen
WellingsIvan Steward
SimkinDerek James
Small
Karl Howman
UrquhartRod Culbertson
Callaghan
Zoot Money
Lotterby
Derek Deadman
Cooper
Robert Putt
AtkinsonAllan Warren
WhalleyStewart Harwood
Whittaker
Tony Osoba
McLaren
John Barrett
Hedley
Paul Barber
Morgan
Sebastian Abineri
HaywardJohn Dair
SamsonBarry James
DelilahJackie Pallo Jr.
Jacko
Robert Lee
TinklerRobert Hamilton
CoxCharles Pemberton
MillerColin Rix
LassiterPaul McDowell
Collinson
Michael O'Hagan
MOPaul Luty
Chalky
Duncan Preston
WeathermanBunny May
Alf
Elizabeth Knight
SheilaNicholas McArdle
PC TownsendJean Campbell-Dallas
Old LadyBill Kerry
Old ManNoel Flanagan
Prisoner (uncredited)Barry Hayes
Prisoner (uncredited)Barrie Holland
Prisoner (uncredited)Alf Mangan
Prisoner (uncredited)Steve Meek
Prisoner (uncredited)Ralph G. Morse
Prisoner (uncredited)Pat Ryan
Supervising Officer (uncredited)Larry Sheppard
Prisoner (uncredited)Jeff Silk
Police Constable (uncredited)Released
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