Porridge

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IMDB (3,490 votes)

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Rotten Tomatoes

500M
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Play Time: 93 mins
Comedy, Crime
Porridge

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1979-08-12)
Awards:1 win
Screen:Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Productions: Witzend Productions, Black Lion Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Porridge
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Reviews

John Chard

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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 B ....

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CinemaSerf

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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 bam ....

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