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Porridge

Fletcher's inside story - even funnier as a film

6.7(40)19791h 33m1

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.

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Status
Released
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Language
English

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Director

Dick Clement

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-137 Dec 1979
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG12 Aug 1979

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Porridge was released on 12 August 1979.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    1/23/2019

    8/10

    Genius TV show translates well for fun packed movie. Porridge is a spin off film from the successful TV series of the same name that aired on British BBC1 between 1974 and 1977. It's directed by Dick Clement who also co-writes with Ian La Frenais. It stars Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde and Peter Vaughn. Lets face it, and lets be honest here, for many Brits who grew up with the T…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    1/3/2024

    7/10

    Building on the huge success of the BBC Television series, this time we join the career petty criminal "Fletcher" (Ronnie Barker) and cellmate "Lenny" (Richard Beckinsale) in their Cumbrian wilderness prison where they regularly spar with chief warder "Mackay" (Fulton Mackay) and bamboozle the kindly "Barrowclough" (Brian Wilde). The van turns up one afternoon carrying two new arrivals. One is "Oakes" (Barrie Rutter)…

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