How to Get Ahead in Advertising
May 05 1989
•2h 35m
•Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
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Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson
John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock
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