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Porridge

Porridge

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 12, 1979

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Comedy, Crime

User Score

67%

Original Title

Porridge

Production Companies

Witzend Productions, Black Lion Films

Director

Dick Clement

Description

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.