Directed by:
Bruce RobinsonScreenplay:
Bruce RobinsonCinematography:
Peter HannanCast:
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Eddie Tagoe, Irene Sutcliffe, Llewellyn Rees, Daragh O'Malley, Noel Johnson (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Acerbic and irresistibly self-destructive Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and neurotic Marwood (Paul McGann) are down-at-the-heels actors in 1960s London, living in self-inflicted squalor and drowning their artistic frustrations with booze and any drugs they can get their hands on. Fleeing the doldrums -- and unpaid bills -- of the city, the pair finds themselves stuck in the less than idyllic country cottage of Withnails lascivious uncle Monty. The boundaries of friendship are outrageously tested by hunger, the hostile locals and Montys amorous advances in Director Bruce Robinsons semi-autobiographical cult favorite. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Richard E. Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806906_402e7e.jpg)
Richard E. Grant
Swaziland
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Logan (2017)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
![Paul McGann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267579_0b925e.jpg)
Paul McGann
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001) (TV movie)
Hornblower: Retribution (2001) (TV movie)
![Richard Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281145_2c7c1d.jpg)
Richard Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Gandhi (1982)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Ralph Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/962/161962140_84fe08.jpg)
Ralph Brown
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Crying Game (1992)
New Year's Day (2000)
![Michael Elphick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785469_748e2e.jpg)
Michael Elphick
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Eddie Tagoe
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Top Secret (1984)
Irene Sutcliffe
UK
Best movies:
Withnail and I (1987)
Slade in Flame (1975)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002) (TV movie)
![Llewellyn Rees](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/377/161377881_516a53.jpg)
Llewellyn Rees
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
![Daragh O'Malley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/196/169196963_zj0zfp.jpg)
Daragh O'Malley
Ireland
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Sharpe's Battle (1995) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Siege (1996) (TV movie)
![Noel Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443964_ad4dc7.jpg)
Noel Johnson
UK
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Frenzy (1972)
Withnail and I (1987)
Fred Wood
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
Anthony Wise
Best movies:
Withnail and I (1987)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Justice League (2017)