Summary
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
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Cast
Malcolm McDowell
Michael Arnold Travis / Plantation Thief
Ralph Richardson
Sir James Burgess / Monty
Rachel Roberts
Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards
Arthur Lowe
Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
Helen Mirren
Patricia / Casting Assistant
Graham Crowden
Stewart / Prof. Millar / Meths Drinker
Peter Jeffrey
Factory Chairman / Prison Governor
Dandy Nichols
Tea Lady / Neighbour
Mona Washbourne
Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
Philip Stone
Jenkins / Interrogator / Salvation Army Major
Wallas Eaton
John Stone (Coffee Factory) / Col. Steiger / Prison Warder / Meths Drinker / Film Executive
Warren Clarke
Master of Ceremonies (Nightspot) / Warner / Male Nurse
Bill Owen
Supt. Barlow / Insp. Carding
John Barrett
Bill
Geoffrey Palmer
Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
James Bolam
Attenborough/Examination Doctor
Christine Noonan
Coffee Trainee / Mavis (Girl at Stag Party)
Michael Medwin
Army Captain/Power Station Technician/Duke of Belminster
Vivian Pickles
Good Lady
Geoffrey Chater
Bishop/Vicar
Anthony Nicholls
General/Judge
Brian Glover
Plantation Foreman/Bassett
Edward Judd
Oswald
Jeremy Bulloch
Young Man/Sportscar Driver/Sandwichboard Man
David Daker
Policeman at Accident/Man at Stag Party/Munda's Manservant/Policeman at Tenement
Edward Peel
Policeman at Accident/Power Station Guard/Policeman in Court
Constance Chapman
Lady Burgess
Catherine Willmer
Dr Houston
Patricia Healey
Hotel Receptionist
Michael Elphick
Man at Stag Party
Paul Dawkins
Plantation Judge/Meth Drinker/Man at Stag Party
David Sterne
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Jill Goldston
Passerby (uncredited)