An advertising executive rejects his materialistic way of life

C a s t

Richard E. Grant as Gordon Comstock
Helena Bonham Carter as Rosemary
Julian Wadham as Ravelston
Jim Carter as Erskine
Harriet Walter as Julia Comstock
Lesley Vickerage as Hermione
Liz Smith as Mrs. Meakin
Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Mrs. Wisbeach
Joan Blackham as Librarian
John Clegg as McKechnie
Eve Ferret as Barmaid
Roger Frost as Orton
Maggie McCarthy as Customer
Roger Morlidge as Policeman
Malcolm Sinclair as Paul Doring
Derek Smee as Lecturer
Lone Vidahl as Girl at Modigliani's
Bill Wallis as Cheeseman

Production Credits

Producer Peter Shaw
Director Robert Bierman
Screenwriter Alan Plater based on George Orwell's classic novel