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Porridge (1979)

Film · 1979 · 93 min · PG-13 · Comedy · Crime

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.

Directed by Dick Clement

Starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Peter Vaughan, Julian Holloway, Geoffrey Bayldon, Christopher Godwin

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In cinemas7 December 1979
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First release anywhere12 August 1979

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