Work Is a 4-Letter Word
This Film Is Perfectly Normal ... Only The Characters In It Are A Bit Odd.
1968 | 93m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Peter Hall |
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| Writer: | Jeremy Brooks |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 15, 1968 |
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| Director: | Peter Hall |
| Writer: | Jeremy Brooks |
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| Keywords | mushrooms |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Clifford Rose | Registry Office Clerk |
| Cyril Cross | Commissionaire |
| Paul Dawkins | Powerplant Guard |
| Tommy Godfrey | Mr. Thacker |
| Winifred Braemar | Auntie May |
| Gladys Dawson | Gran |
| John Donegal | Gramps |
| Gilly Flower | Auntie Winnie |
| Sidney Gatcum | Uncle Charlie |
| Nellie Hanham | Auntie Lou |
| Reg Lever | Uncle Arthur |
| Royston Tickner | Train Guard |
| David Ellison | Gardner |
| Roger Booth | Pincher (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Brooks | Writer |
| Peter Hall | Director |
| Guy Woolfenden | Original Music Composer |
| Gilbert Taylor | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
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| Thomas Clyde | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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