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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-11-12
60%
18 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Overview:
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
Languages: English.
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Movie: The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
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Peter Cook
Michael Rimmer
Denholm Elliott
Peter NIss
Arthur Lowe
Ferret
John Cleese
Pumer
Vanessa Howard
Patricia Cartwright
Ronald Fraser
Tom Hutchinson
Graham Chapman
Fromage
Ann Beach
Receptionist
Desmond Walter-Ellis
Buffery
Dudley Foster
Federman
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Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
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1970-11-12
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