Movie

Porridge

Released: August 12, 1979 (1979)

Runtime: 93 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Crime

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay
Age at release: 57
Peter Vaughan as Grouty
Age at release: 56
Geoffrey Bayldon as Governor Treadaway
Age at release: 55
Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough
Age at release: 52
Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher
Age at release: 49
Christopher Godwin as Mr. Beal
Age at release: 36
Julian Holloway as Mr. Bainbridge
Age at release: 35
Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber
Age at release: 32
Barrie Rutter as Oakes
Age at release: 32
Daniel Peacock as Rudge
Age at release: 20

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John Barrett as Hedley
Age at release: 69
Philip Locke as Banyard
Age at release: 51
Ken Jones as Ives
Age at release: 49
Derek Deadman as Cooper
Age at release: 39
Gorden Kaye as Dines
Age at release: 38
Zoot Money as Lotterby
Age at release: 37
Sam Kelly as Warren
Age at release: 35
Robert Putt as Atkinson
Age at release: 35
Tony Osoba as McLaren
Age at release: 32
Allan Warren as Whalley
Age at release: 30
Rod Culbertson as Callaghan
Age at release: 29
Paul Barber as Morgan
Age at release: 28
Oliver Smith as McMillan
Age at release: 27
Karl Howman as Urquhart
Age at release: 26
Stewart Harwood as Whittaker
Age at release: 26
Steve Steen as Wellings
Age at release: 24
Andrew Dunford as Armstrong
Age at release: Unknown
Ivan Steward as Simkin
Age at release: Unknown
Derek James as Small
Age at release: Unknown
Sebastian Abineri as Hayward
Age at release: Unknown