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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Film · 1989 · 95 min · R · Fantasy · Comedy · Drama

The career where two heads are better than one.

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Directed by Bruce Robinson

Starring Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, Susan Wooldridge, John Shrapnel, Hugh Armstrong, Mick Ford

Release dates in the United States

In cinemas5 May 1989
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release7 August 1989
First release anywhere5 May 1989

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