Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968)
This Film Is Perfectly Normal ... Only The Characters In It Are A Bit Odd.
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.
- Date of release
- 1968-09-15
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Peter Hall
Casting
- David Warner — Valentine Brose
- Cilla Black — Betty Dorrick
- Alan Howard — Reverend Mort
- John Steiner — Anthony
- Zia Mohyeddin — Dr Aly Narayana
- David Waller — Mr Price
- Elizabeth Spriggs — Mrs Murray
- Jan Holden — Mrs Price
- Tony Church — Mr Arkwright
- Joe Gladwin — Pa Brose
- Julie May — Mrs Dorrick
- Derek Royle — Briggs
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