Released:
1979-02-05

Overview:
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.

Director:
Mike Leigh

Runtime:
1h 13min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Richard Kane
  as
  Alan
• 
  Joolia Cappleman
  as
  April
• 
  Phil Davis
  as
  Kevin
• 
  Simon Chandler
  as
  Nigel
• 
  Felicity Dean
  as
  Caroline