Directed by:
Anthony ParkerComposer:
Ron GrainerCast:
Hywel Bennett, Warren Clarke, Peter Cellier, Nadim Sawalha, Marsha Fitzalan, Al Matthews, Sandra Freeman, Allan Cuthbertson, Sylvia Kay, James Cossins (more)Plots(1)
Meet James Shelley (Hywel Bennett). A highly educated student and bone-idle skiver, he spends his days pondering the philosophical implications of like whilst dodging the bureaucratic machinery that has the gall to insist that he actually work for a living. He lives in a little North London bedsit with his girlfriend Fran (Belinda Sinclair), but his days of continued slothfulness may be coming to an end - after 74 weeks on the dole the authorities view him as something of a challenge and are determined to make him work. Add to that his impending fatherhood and marriage to Fran and it’s no wonder that Shelley feels persecuted! (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Hywel Bennett
UK
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Warren Clarke
UK
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Peter Cellier
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Nadim Sawalha
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Marsha Fitzalan
West Germany
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Al Matthews
USA
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The Professionals (1977) (series)
Sandra Freeman
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Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
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Sylvia Kay
UK
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James Cossins
UK
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Michael Cochrane
UK
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Nicholas Courtney
Egypt
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Gordon Salkilld
UK
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Nicholas Day
UK
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Paul Chapman
UK
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Bruce Bould
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Josephine Tewson
UK
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Victor Windig
UK
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Caroline Mortimer
UK
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Yolande Palfrey
UK
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