The Tall Guy

Year:

1990

Duration:

92 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Mel Smith

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1990-09-21

Filming Locations: England, UK

Earnings

Gross: $510,712 (USA) Admissions 54,086 (Germany)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sarah-Jane Fenton

Jeff Goldblum

Dexter King

Emma Thompson

Kate

Rowan Atkinson

Ron Anderson

Geraldine James

Carmen

Emil Wolk

Charlie

Kim Thomson

Cheryl

Harold Innocent

Timothy

Anna Massey

Mary

Joanna Kanska

Tamara

Peter Kelly

Gavin

Tim Barlow

Mr. Morrow (as Timothy Barlow)

Hugh Thomas

Dr. Karabekian

Charles Augins

Choreographer

Peter Brewis

Freddy

Joolia Cappleman

Costume Designer

John Waldon

Company Stage Manager

Angus Deayton

Actor in Agent's Office

Robin Driscoll

Actor in Agent's Office

Harriet Keevil

Mary's Secretary

Tony Forsyth

Berkoff Actor

Stephen Marchant

Berkoff Actor

Ian Lindsay

TV Director

Kate Duchêne

Old Girlfriend (as Kate Duchene)

Angela Meredith

Old Girlfriend

Fred Bryant

Dying Old Man

Susan Field

Dr. Freud

Michael Fitzgerald

Man with Vacuum Cleaner Pipe

Matthew Francis

Emergency Doctor

Jason Isaacs

Doctor 2

Francis Johnson

Male Nurse

Charles Lamb

Old Man in Wheelchair

Martin Sadler

Doctor 1

Thomas Lockyer

Michael

Kate Lonergan

Stage Manager - Rubberface

Declan Mulholland

Rubberface Doorman

Anthony Woodruff

Elephant Doorman

Simon Bell

After Dark Presenter

Susan Beresford

W.P.C.

Piers Fletcher

Jon Glover

Singing Underpants

Neil Hamilton

Naked George

Bob Appleby

'Elephant' Chorus

Wayne Anthoney

'Elephant' Chorus (as Wayne Antony)

Peter Barry

'Elephant' Chorus

Mike De Souter

'Elephant' Chorus

Steve Graf

'Elephant' Chorus

Stacey Haynes

'Elephant' Chorus

B.J. Rambo

'Elephant' Chorus

Bruce Leader

'Elephant' Chorus

Jan Lloyd

'Elephant' Chorus

Kenny Linden

'Elephant' Chorus

Jerry Manley

'Elephant' Chorus

Toby Philpott

'Elephant' Chorus

Ruby-Marie Hutchinson

'Elephant' Chorus

Kim Rosato

'Elephant' Chorus

Wendy Schoeman

'Elephant' Chorus

Nadine Shenton

'Elephant' Chorus

Dougie Trevor

'Elephant' Chorus

Stephen Tye

'Elephant' Chorus

Melvyn Bragg

John Inman

Suggs

Jonathan Ross

Richard Curtis

Man Leaving Bathroom (uncredited)

Derek Lyons

Singing Man in Bed (uncredited)

Mel Smith

Drunken Man (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

This was Emma Thompson's theatrical film debut.

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Writer Richard Curtis can be seen briefly - he's the bearded man who Dexter passes on his way to the toilet during his date with Tamara.

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Suggs: former lead singer of Madness, makes a cameo as their song "It must be love" plays on the soundtrack.

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Goofs

In a shower scene late in the movie the camera moves to a high vantage point, showing the shorts that Dexter is wearing.

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Cheryl trails her fingers across the piano keys; the sound is not heard until after the cutaway.

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Kate and Dexter would not have been able to place ladders against the poster of Ron Anderson; the next scene shows an awning that would have been in the way.

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Quotes

Dexter: Please? Just dinner? Let me explain: I was a complete, total, utter idiot! I have learned my lesson completely, totally, utterly!

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Ron Anderson: If you ever do anything funny in my show again, you're out. F-U-C-K-E-D, out!

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Ron Anderson: Face it, King, you're worthless and weak and the chances of you getting a girlfriend without the aid of a virus which wiped out the entire male population of the planet are frankly pretty remote.

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