"Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film"

1979

1h 33m

6.7(37 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

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.

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56 members

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Ronnie Barker

Norman Stanley Fletcher

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Richard Beckinsale

Lennie Godber

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Fulton Mackay

Mr. Mackay

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Brian Wilde

Mr. Barrowclough

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Peter Vaughan

Grouty

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Julian Holloway

Mr. Bainbridge

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Geoffrey Bayldon

Governor Treadaway

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Christopher Godwin

Mr. Beal

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Barrie Rutter

Oakes

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Daniel Peacock

Rudge

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Sam Kelly

Warren

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Ken Jones

Ives

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Philip Locke

Banyard

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Gorden Kaye

Dines

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Oliver Smith

McMillan

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Andrew Dunford

Armstrong

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Steve Steen

Wellings

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Ivan Steward

Simkin

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Derek James

Small

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Karl Howman

Urquhart

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Rod Culbertson

Callaghan

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Zoot Money

Lotterby

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Derek Deadman

Cooper

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Robert Putt

Atkinson

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Allan Warren

Whalley

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Stewart Harwood

Whittaker

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Tony Osoba

McLaren

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John Barrett

Hedley

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Paul Barber

Morgan

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Sebastian Abineri

Hayward

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John Dair

Samson

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Barry James

Delilah

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Jackie Pallo Jr.

Jacko

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Robert Lee

Tinkler

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Robert Hamilton

Cox

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Charles Pemberton

Miller

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Colin Rix

Lassiter

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Paul McDowell

Collinson

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Michael O'Hagan

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Paul Luty

Chalky

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Duncan Preston

Weatherman

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Bunny May

Alf

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Elizabeth Knight

Sheila

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Nicholas McArdle

PC Townsend

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Jean Campbell-Dallas

Old Lady

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Bill Kerry

Old Man

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Noel Flanagan

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Barry Hayes

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Paul Heasman

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Barrie Holland

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Alf Mangan

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Steve Meek

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Ralph G. Morse

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Pat Ryan

Supervising Officer (uncredited)

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Larry Sheppard

Prisoner (uncredited)

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Jeff Silk

Police Constable (uncredited)

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