A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

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A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

1981

1h 10m

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Comedy

TV Movie

Overview

A black comedy about excessive consumption. A young couple are determined to make a break with a predictable future as servants of a large corporation and sink their savings into a restaurant. All is disaster until the appearance of the Porters, whose enthusiastic patronage soon has trade booming.

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Cast & Crew

14 members

Acting

Christopher Benjamin

Mr Porter

Christopher Benjamin

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Gillian Martell

Mrs Porter

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Paul Copley

Tom

Paul Copley

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Natasha Pyne

Gwen

Natasha Pyne

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Mark Penfold

Harry

Mark Penfold

Acting

Nigel Hawthorne

Fulton

Nigel Hawthorne

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Gwen Nelson

Mrs Bone

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Kevin Lloyd

Des McNeil

Kevin Lloyd

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Harold Goodwin

Sales representative

Harold Goodwin

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Leonard Fenton

Mr Smith

Leonard Fenton

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Shirley Stelfox

Mrs Smith

Shirley Stelfox

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Ewart James Walters

Coach driver

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Sean Burns

Justin

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David Rome

Electrician

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