Work Is a 4-Letter Word(1968)
This Film Is Perfectly Normal ... Only The Characters In It Are A Bit Odd.
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project.
Movie: Work Is a 4-Letter Word
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Valentine Brose
Betty Dorrick
Reverend Mort
Anthony
Dr Aly Narayana
Mrs Murray
Mrs Price
Pa Brose
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