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Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968)

Work Is a Four Letter Word

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1h 33m

Comedy, Fantasy

September 15th, 1968

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Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project.

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Cast

David Warner
Valentine Brose
Cilla Black
Betty Dorrick
Zia Mohyeddin
Dr. Aly Narayana
David Waller
Mr. Price
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs. Murray
Alan Howard
Reverend Mort
Jan Holden
Mrs. Price
Tony Church
Mr. Arkwright
Joe Gladwin
Pa Brose
Julie May
Mrs. Dorrick
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Directors

Peter Hall
Full cast & crew

Producers

Thomas Clyde
producer
Hal Haysom
associate producer
Michael Stainer-Hitchens
associate producer
(uncredited)
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Writers

Jeremy Brooks
writer
Henry Livings
play
Full cast & crew

Taglines

This Film Is Perfectly Normal ... Only The Characters In It Are A Bit Odd.

Keywords

future
mushroom
based on play
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Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

September 15th, 1968 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
September 15th, 1968 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) theatrical
September 25th, 1968 (United States of America) theatrical

Alternative Titles

Work Is a Four Letter Word (original title)
Auch Arbeit kann von Übel sein (Germany)
A munka megszállottja (Hungary)
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Locations

Five Ways, Birmingham, England, UK
Five Ways, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
London, England, UK
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Running Times

93 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Production Companies

Cavalcade Films

Distribution Companies

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Germany)
Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Universal Pictures (United States of America)

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Trading Post (United States of America)

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