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Doing Time

Year:

1979

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Dick Clement

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1979-08-12

Filming Locations: HM Prison Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Fulton Mackay

Doing Time

Ronnie Barker

Fletcher

Richard Beckinsale

Lennie Godber

Brian Wilde

Barrowclough

Peter Vaughan

Grouty

Julian Holloway

Bainbridge

Geoffrey Bayldon

Governor

Christopher Godwin

Beal

Barrie Rutter

Oakes

Daniel Peacock

Rudge

Sam Kelly

Warren

Ken Jones

Ives

Philip Locke

Banyard

Gorden Kaye

Dines (also as Gordon Kaye)

Oliver Smith

McMillan

Andrew Dunford

Armstrong

Steven Steen

Wellings

Ivan Steward

Simkin

Derek James

Small

Karl Howman

Urquhart

Rod Culbertson

Callaghan

Zoot Money

Lotterby

Derek Deadman

Cooper

Robert Putt

Atkinson

Allan Warren

Whalley

Stewart Harwood

Whittakar

Tony Osoba

McClaren

John Barrett

Hedley

Paul Barber

Morgan

Sebastian Abineri

Hayward

John Dair

Samson

Barry James

Delilah

Jackie Pallo Jr.

Jacko (as Jackie Pallo Jnr.)

Robert Lee

Tinkler

Robert Hamilton

Cox

Charles Pemberton

Miller

Colin Rix

Lassiter

Paul McDowell

Collinson

Michael O'Hagan

Medical Officer

Paul Luty

Chalky

Duncan Preston

Weatherman

Bunny May

Alf

Elizabeth Knight

Sheila

Nicholas McArdle

P.C. Townsend

Jean Campbell-Dallas

Old Lady (as Jean Campbell Dallas)

Bill Kerry

Old Man

Did you know?

Trivia

This is the last film appearance by Richard Beckinsale. He died during editing of the film.

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The officers and Prisoners played by Juilan Hollaway, Christopher Godwin, Barrie Rutter and Daniel Peacock were new characters created for the film.

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The Slade inmate Lotterby is an homage to Sydney Lotterby, the BBC producer who oversaw Porridge (1974) and its' sequel Going Straight (1978) on television.

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Goofs

During the football game, all shots of the game itself are in heavy overcast weather. Shots of Fletcher, the Governor and the substitute bench, however, occur with a clear blue sky behind them and the sun in their eyes.

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Godber declares that the model aircraft he's constructing is a Spitfire, but it's clearly a P51 Mustang.

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When Fletcher reluctantly becomes the trainer he says that he is a lifelong Leyton Orient fan. In the TV series he supports Tottenham Hotspur.

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Quotes

Governor: [discussing who may be on the celebrity football team] Didn't you mention that comedian chap? Wh-What's his name? Jimmy Tarbrush?

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Mackay: Are you wearing make-up again, Whittaker?

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Godber: He's been sitting in his cell since chow, just staring at the wall.

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