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Work Is a 4-Letter Word

6.019681h 33mPGMovieComedy

Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project.

DirectorPeter Hall
WriterJeremy Brooks
ProducerThomas Clyde

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Cast · Directed by Peter Hall

DWDavid Warner
David Warner
Valentine Brose
CBCilla Black
Cilla Black
Betty Dorrick
AHAlan Howard
Alan Howard
Reverend Mort
JSJohn Steiner
John Steiner
Anthony
ZMZia Mohyeddin
Zia Mohyeddin
Dr Aly Narayana
DW
David Waller
Mr Price
ESElizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Murray
JHJan Holden
Jan Holden
Mrs Price
TC
Tony Church
Mr Arkwright
JGJoe Gladwin
Joe Gladwin
Pa Brose
JM
Julie May
Mrs Dorrick
DRDerek Royle
Derek Royle
Briggs

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