Two unemployed actors—anxious, unlucky Marwood and his sharp-tongued, alcoholic friend Withnail—spend their days moving between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they go on holiday “by mistake” to the country house of Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: boredom, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
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Two unemployed actors—anxious, unlucky Marwood and his sharp-tongued, alcoholic friend Withnail—spend their days moving between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they go on holiday “by mistake” to the country house of Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: boredom, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
Running time
108 min
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original language
English
Director
Bruce Robinson
Cast
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley, Michael Wardle, Una Brandon-Jones, Noel Johnson, Irene Sutcliffe