It Couldn't Happen Here
It Couldn't Happen Here

It Couldn't Happen Here

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1988
1h 26m
5.8(14 votes)
Music
Drama
Adventure

Overview

Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England - but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher's late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys' most popular records.

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EMI Films

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Cast & Crew

42 members
Acting

Neil Tennant

Self

Neil Tennant
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Chris Lowe

Self

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Barbara Windsor

Seaside Landlady/Neil's mother

Barbara Windsor
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Joss Ackland

Priest/Murderer

Joss Ackland
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Neil Dickson

Pilot/Car Salesman/Coachman

Neil Dickson
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Gareth Hunt

Uncle Dredge/Postcard Seller/Ventriloquist

Gareth Hunt
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Dominique Barnes

Girl at the Beach/Girl Hitchhiker/Girl on the Bicycle

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Carmen du Sautoy

Cafe Waitress

Carmen du Sautoy
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Stephanie Buttle

Dancer

Stephanie Buttle
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Heavon Grant

Dancer

Heavon Grant
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Natalie Roles

Dancer

Natalie Roles
Directing

Chris Tudor

Dancer

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Tom Searle

Dancer

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Clair Becker

Dancer

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Nicholas Haley

Schoolboy

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Jonathan Haley

Schoolboy

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Lisa Hendry

Dancer

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Emma Hendry

Dancer

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Lyndsey Cole

Dancer

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Christopher Hall

Dancer

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Lisa Jones

Dancer

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Michelle Nelson

Dancer

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Voyd

Dancer

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Klondyke Kate

Mud Wrestler

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Mitzi Mueller

Mud Wrestler

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Chris Chering

Skinhead

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Symond Lawes

Skinhead

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Gavin Watson

Skinhead

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Paul Sexton

Skinhead

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S.J. Versey

Cast Member

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Wyn McLeod

Cast Member

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Audrey Kirby

Cast Member

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Kevin Duffield

Cast Member

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Lillian Coyle

Cast Member

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Christopher Coyle

Cast Member

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Christopher Gabriel

Cast Member

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Terry Fisher

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Tabby

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The Beach Bikers

Biker Gang

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The X Posse

Street Corner Rappers

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Michael Bayliss

Puppeteer

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Sound

Peter Salem

Violinist

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