How to Get Ahead in Advertising The career where two heads are better than one. Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Title How to Get Ahead in Advertising Release Date 1989-05-05 Runtime 01 Hours 35 Minutes Genres Fantasy Comedy Drama Production Companies Virgin Films, Handmade Films Production Countries United Kingdom Richard E. Grant... Denis Dimbleby Bagley... Rachel Ward... Julia Bagley... Richard Wilson... John Bristol... Jacqueline Tong... Penny Wheelstock... Susan Wooldridge... Monica... John Shrapnel... Psychiatrist... Hugh Armstrong... Harry Wax... Mick Ford... Richard... Jacqueline Pearce... Maud... Christopher Simon... Waiter... Gino Melvazzi... Waiter... Victor Lucas... Tweedy Man... Dawn Keeler... Tweedy Woman... Kerryann White... Girl in Elevator... Vivienne McKone... Receptionist... Donald Hoath... Businessman on train... John Levitt... Businessman on train... Gordon Gostelow... Priest... Pip Torrens... Jonathan... Tony Slattery... Basil... Rachel Fielding... Jennifer... Pauline Melville... Sylvia Wallace... Roddy Maude-Roxby... Dr Gatty... Francesca Longrigg... Nurse... Tanveer Ghani... Hospital Doctor... Joanna Mays... Phillis Blokey... Sean Bean... Larry Frisk... Bruce Robinson... The Boil (Voice Only)... Eric Idle... Male Love Bird (voice) (u... How to Get Ahead in Advertising Original Theatrical Trailer (Trailer) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1846x1038) Original Size (1846x1038) Original Size (1846x1038) Original Size (1846x1038) Original Size (1846x1038) Original Size (1400x2100) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1120x1600) Original Size (1000x1504)