Doing Time

– Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Be..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 33 Minutes
Release Year:
1979
Original Name:
Porridge
Doing Time (1979) - Also known as Porridge

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. The breakout is set for the day of a morale-raising football match between a 'celebrity' football team and the inmates of Slade. Everything is going to plan until Godber is injured on the goal post. In the ensuing confusion, Fletcher finds himself on the wrong side of the prison walls and must now try and break back into prison.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
UK
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Genre:
Release Date:

10 Aug 1979

Language:

English

Director:

Dick Clement

Writer:

Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Main Actors:

Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde

Plot:

This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the prisoners and an all-star celebrity team. Fletcher is unaware that the match is only a diversion so that an escape can take place. When Fletcher and his cell mate Lennie stumble on the escape, they are taken along, and find themselves having to break back into prison to avoid getting into trouble.

Awards:

1 win.

Production:

WitzEnd Productions

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10