The Supergrass
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The Supergrass is a 1985
British
comedy film
written and directed by Peter Richardson. Film starred Richardson, Adrian Edmondson
, Jennifer Saunders
, Dawn French, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer
, Alexei Sayle
, Ronald Allen
and Robbie Coltrane
. After returning from a holiday in the West Country
he untruthfully boasts of being a drug smuggler. However, he is overheard by the police, who persuade him to become a supergrass
and inform on his associates.
To the consternation of fans, the DVD release of this film was the cut-down theatrical version, missing around 8 minutes of footage from the original.
British films of 1985
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1985 :-1985:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
written and directed by Peter Richardson. Film starred Richardson, Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was...
, Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won two BAFTAs, an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a Peoples Choice Award.She first came into...
, Dawn French, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer
Nigel Planer
Nigel George Planer is an English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright.Planer is perhaps best known for his role as Neil Pye in the cult BBC comedy The Young Ones. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked and Hairspray...
, Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayle is a British stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007...
, Ronald Allen
Ronald Allen
Ronald John Allen was an English character actor who achieved the status of a soap opera star.Allen was born in Reading, Berkshire...
and Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, OBE is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr...
. After returning from a holiday in the West Country
West Country
The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region. It is often defined to encompass the historic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and the City of Bristol, while the counties of...
he untruthfully boasts of being a drug smuggler. However, he is overheard by the police, who persuade him to become a supergrass
Supergrass (informer)
Supergrass is a slang term for an informer, which originated in London. Informers had been referred to as "grasses" since the late-1930s, and the "super" prefix was coined by journalists in the early 1970s to describe those informers from the city's underworld who testified against former...
and inform on his associates.
To the consternation of fans, the DVD release of this film was the cut-down theatrical version, missing around 8 minutes of footage from the original.
Cast
- Adrian EdmondsonAdrian EdmondsonAdrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was...
... Dennis Carter - Jennifer SaundersJennifer SaundersJennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won two BAFTAs, an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a Peoples Choice Award.She first came into...
... Lesley Reynolds - Peter Richardson ... Harvey Duncan
- Robbie ColtraneRobbie ColtraneRobbie Coltrane, OBE is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr...
... Det. Sgt. Troy - Nigel PlanerNigel PlanerNigel George Planer is an English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright.Planer is perhaps best known for his role as Neil Pye in the cult BBC comedy The Young Ones. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked and Hairspray...
... Gunter - Keith Allen ... Wong
- Dawn French ... Andrea
- Daniel PeacockDaniel PeacockDaniel Peacock is an English actor, writer and director best known for his work with the team of The Comic Strip Presents.... He is also known as Danny Peacock.-Acting:...
... Jim Jarvis - Ronald AllenRonald AllenRonald John Allen was an English character actor who achieved the status of a soap opera star.Allen was born in Reading, Berkshire...
... Commander Robertson - Alexei SayleAlexei SayleAlexei David Sayle is a British stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007...
... Motorbike Cop - Michael ElphickMichael ElphickMichael John Elphick was an English actor. Elphick was known in the UK for his trademark croaky voice and his work on British television, in particular his roles as the eponymous private investigator in the ITV series Boon and later Harry Slater in BBC's EastEnders.Robust and ruggedly good-looking...
... Constable Collins - Patrick Durkin ... Constable Franks
- Marika RiveraMarika RiveraMarika Rivera was a French film actress and dancer.She was born in Paris, the non-marital daughter of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera and his mistress, the Russian-born painter Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska . Rivera, who was married to Angelina Beloff, did not accept his daughter...
... Bed and Breakfast Landlady - Rita Treisman ... Mrs. Carter (Dennis' Mum)
- Al PillayAl PillayAlan "Al" Pillay also known as "Al Pillay" , the star of Eat the Rich is a person of many names and two genders, starring in The Comic Strip Presents as Alan Pellay playing Himself in Gino as Alana Pellay playing Herself in The Bullshitters and, finally, as Lana Pellay playing Mary in the feature...
... Mary - Neil Cunningham ... Hotel Waiter
- David Beard ... Disc Jockey
- Kevin AllenKevin AllenKevin Allen may refer to:* Kevin Allen , Welsh-born English actor* Kevin Allen , American football player* Kevin Allen , American race car driver...
... Shop Assistant - Rebecca Harold ... Sarah, 'The Daughter'
- Alexander Harold ... Damien, 'The Son'