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Porridge

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

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Porridge — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • August 12, 1979
  • Runtime
  • 93 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Crime
  • Director
  • Dick Clement

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Porridge — Cast

Ronnie Barker photo Ronnie Barker Norman Stanley Fletcher Richard Beckinsale photo Richard Beckinsale Lennie Godber Fulton Mackay photo Fulton Mackay Mr. Mackay Brian Wilde photo Brian Wilde Mr. Barrowclough Peter Vaughan photo Peter Vaughan Grouty Julian Holloway photo Julian Holloway Mr. Bainbridge Geoffrey Bayldon photo Geoffrey Bayldon Governor Treadaway Christopher Godwin photo Christopher Godwin Mr. Beal

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