Directed by:
Lindsay AndersonScreenplay:
David SherwinCinematography:
Mike FashComposer:
Alan PriceCast:
Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Joan Plowright, Robin Askwith, Mark Hamill, Robbie Coltrane, Jill Bennett, Richard Griffiths, Roland Culver (more)Plots(1)
A journalist documents the absurdities of British society as he digs into the bizarre activities at a twisted institution on the eve of a royal visit. (Netflix)
Cast
![Liz Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/312/160312699_ddeee3.jpg)
Liz Smith
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
![Graham Crowden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/446/160446869_a62424.jpg)
Graham Crowden
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Rufus Collins
USA
Best movies:
Fame (1980) - a.f.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Ram John Holder
Guyana
Best movies:
Unfinished Song (2012)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Dandy Nichols
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
![Patsy Byrne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523456_46e313.jpg)
Patsy Byrne
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1998)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
The Return of the Soldier (1982)
Mike Grady
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Charmian May
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
![Rosemary Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/530/161530642_64eac6.jpg)
Rosemary Martin
UK
Best movies:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Tess (1979)
![Aileen Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375901_b39009.jpg)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
![Patricia Healey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/399/161399026_2a1bfd.jpg)
Patricia Healey
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
![George Hilsdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442852_45443f.jpg)
George Hilsdon
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Press for Time (1966)
![David Daker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/455/161455510_12e320.jpg)
David Daker
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Aces High (1976)
Marsha A. Hunt
UK
Best movies:
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Patrick Durkin
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Lionheart (1987)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Fred Wood
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
Hyma Beckley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
![Michael Medwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477819_ab8f39.jpg)
Michael Medwin
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
View from the Loft (1974)
Barbara Hicks
UK
Best movies:
Death on the Nile (1978)
Brazil (1985)
Orlando (1992)
Catherine Willmer
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
An Inspector Calls (1954)
The Hiding Place (1975)