The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

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  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 94 min
  • Premiere: 1970. November 12.

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

Discover

Peter Cook

Michael Rimmer

Denholm Elliott

Peter NIss

Arthur Lowe

Ferret

Vanessa Howard

Patricia Cartwright

Ronald Fraser

Tom Hutchinson

Ann Beach

Receptionist

Dudley Foster

Federman

William Job

Waring

Elspeth March

Mrs. Ferret

Dennis Price

Fairburn

Monika Ringwald

Girl in Commercial

Diana Coupland

Mrs. Spimm

Michael Trubshawe

Mandeville

Harold Pinter

Steven Hench

Ronnie Corbett

Interviewer

Norman Bird

Alderman Poot

Graham Crowden

Bishop of Cowley

Jerry Ram

Ranjit X

Roger Maxwell

Party Chairman

Arthur Lovegrove

Studio Doorman

Roland Culver

Sir Eric Bentley

Ronald Baddiley

Freddie Daring

Frank Thornton

Tom Stoddart

Julian Glover

Colonel Moffat

Robert Raglan

General Strike

Norman Rossington

Guide at Porton Down

Martin Boddey

Major Mathieson

Michael Barrington

Major Scott

Michael Bates

Mr. Spimm

Sinéad Cusack

Yvonne (Uncredited)

Art

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

Harry Arbour

Construction Manager

Camera

Alex Thomson

Director of Photography

Arkadi De Rakoff

Clapper Loader

Harvey Harrison

Focus Puller

Mike Fox

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Olga Angelinetta

Hairdresser

Eddie Knight

Makeup Artist

Ken Lewington

Costume Design

Directing

Michael Dryhurst

Assistant Director

Jenny Reid

Continuity

Editing

Stan Hawkes

Editor

Richard Hymns

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Dave Clarke

Gaffer

Production

Ron Jackson

Production Manager

John Merrick

Casting

Arnold Ross

Location Manager

Harry Fine

Producer

David Frost

Executive Producer

Sound

Jonathan Morris

Assistant Sound Editor

Ken Rolls

Sound Editor

Ken Scrivener

Sound Mixer

Jim Willis

Sound Mixer

Writing

Peter Cook

Writer

John Cleese

Writer

Art

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

Harry Arbour

Construction Manager

Camera

Alex Thomson

Director of Photography

Arkadi De Rakoff

Clapper Loader

Harvey Harrison

Focus Puller

Mike Fox

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Olga Angelinetta

Hairdresser

Eddie Knight

Makeup Artist

Ken Lewington

Costume Design

Directing

Michael Dryhurst

Assistant Director

Jenny Reid

Continuity

Editing

Stan Hawkes

Editor

Richard Hymns

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Dave Clarke

Gaffer

Production

Ron Jackson

Production Manager

John Merrick

Casting

Arnold Ross

Location Manager

Harry Fine

Producer

David Frost

Executive Producer

Sound

Jonathan Morris

Assistant Sound Editor

Ken Rolls

Sound Editor

Ken Scrivener

Sound Mixer

Jim Willis

Sound Mixer

Writing

Peter Cook

Writer

John Cleese

Writer