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The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)

1h 47m · 30 May 1983

An age of deceit... A man of our times

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As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.

Movie ID53896
GenreDrama
DirectorRichard Eyre
Main castJonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris, Frank Finlay, Charlie Dore, David de Keyser, Bill Paterson, Orlando Wells
Release date30 May 1983
Release year1983
LanguageEnglish
Duration107 min (1h 47m)
Rating4.8 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseGreenpoint Films

Director: Richard Eyre
Writers: Ian McEwan

Top cast

Jonathan PryceJames Penfield Tim CurryJeremy Hancock Rosemary HarrisAnn Barrington Frank FinlayMatthew Fox Charlie DoreSusan Barrington David de KeyserGold Bill PatersonLecturer
Orlando WellsTom Fox
Nat JackleyMr Penfield Pearl HackneyMrs Penfield
Peter WalmsleyBob Tuckett
Robert CartlandEditor
Christopher FulfordYoung Journalist
David LyonNewsreader
Simon StokesEdward
Witold SchejbalJacek
William MaxwellJournalist Andy RashleighJournalist
Polly AbbottGold's Assistant
Anna WingWoman at Poetry Reading

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