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How to Get Ahead in Advertising(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-05-05
63%
102 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
The career where two heads are better than one.
Overview:
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Revenue: $418,053.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Virgin Films
Movie: How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Top 10 Billed Cast
Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson
John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge
Monica
John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist
Mick Ford
Richard
Jacqueline Pearce
Maud
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