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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Year:

2008

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Andy De Emmony

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2008-05-28

Cast

Actor

Character

Julie Walters

Mary Whitehouse

Alun Armstrong

Ernest Whitehouse

Hugh Bonneville

Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

Georgie Glen

Norah Buckland

Timothy Davies

Rev. Basil Buckland

Paul Westwood

Paul Whitehouse

Drew Webb

Richard Whitehouse

Jeremy Legat

Christopher Whitehouse

Ron Cook

Lord Charlie Hill

William Beck

David Turner

Nicholas Woodeson

Harman Grisewood

Nicholas Le Prevost

Ken

Emily Hamilton

Miss Tate

Hilary Maclean

Brenda

Stewart Wright

Malcolm

James Woolley

Bevins

Mark Bagnall

Brummy Journalist

Francesca Hunt

Elaine Carleton Green

Frog Stone

Miss Venables

Valerie Minifie

Vera

Nanci Veitch

Joan

Lucinda Chambers

Tania

Jessica Harper

Pam

Melissa Wells

Grammar Head Girl (as Melissa Walton)

Helen Grace

Charlotte Daubeny

James Scales

Cameraman #1

Martin Trenaman

Cameraman #2

Paul Chahidi

Sir Barnett Cocks

Alistair Findlay

Quintin Hogg

Sarah Whitlock

Mrs. Smallwood

Henry Everett

Capt. of Greene's Team

Richard James

TV Journalist

Nicola Hollinshead

Russian Doll Mother

Doreen Ingleton

Anne

Louise Mardenborough

Nubile Girl

Greg Tanner

Police Constable

Barbara Phelps

Mrs. Grisewood

Richard Attlee

Journalist

Michael Armstrong

Audience #1 / Interloper

Mike Sherman

House of Commons Reporter

Harriet Eastcott

Female Panellist

Simon Molloy

Male Panellist

Alex Knight

Doorman

Shirley Cooklin

Kaftan

Thomas Doran

Beatnik (uncredited)

Frazer Hines

Jamie McCrimmon

Michael Kilgarriff

Cyberman Controller

George Pastell

Eric Klieg

Christopher Rithin

The 'Square' Choir Boy (uncredited)

William Rushton

Himself /

Patrick Troughton

The Doctor

Deborah Watling

Victoria Waterfield

Did you know?

Trivia

The footage of Doctor Who (1963), seen on a television screen and used to depict the violence of the series, is edited to suggest that the scene takes place at the end of the episode. In fact the scene in question takes place around halfway through Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 4 (1967). This clip is followed by part of the opening sequence, showing the title and Patrick Troughton's face.

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Goofs

At the meeting in Birmingham Town hall the cameraman is shown setting up a Bolex 16mm silent camera. This was basically for amateurs as it would only take a 100 foot 4 minute reel. Sound could not have been recorded in sync with it. Most newsmen would have been using a Mitchell Arriflex.

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Mary is seen walking from her home to the woods where she walks past (and fails to notice) two young men having sex. She walks past a church which is clearly the Church of St James in Shere, Surrey. Mary Whitehouse lived in Shropshire.

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The sign on the door of Lord Hill's office reads "Lord Charles Hill". This is incorrect as such a style implies that he was the son of a Duke or a Marquess. The sign should have read "Charles, Lord Hill", "Lord Hill of Luton" or, more likely, simply "Lord Hill".

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Quotes

David Turner: I've just had a spot of bother in Birmingham - I was ganged-up on by a group of schoolgirls and that demented housewife.

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Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: Who? Who? I want the traitor flushed out. I want strict controls of all scripts issued to anyone and everyone - anywhere and everywhere. Contrive some memo to that effect.

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Sir Hugh Carleton Greene: Pass the butter.

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