Withnail et moi

Synopsis

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

Release date

19 Jun 1987

Directed by

Bruce Robinson

Runtime

1h 47m

Original title

Withnail & I

Cast

Richard E. Grant

Withnail

Paul McGann

...& I

Richard Griffiths

Monty

Ralph Brown

Danny

Michael Elphick

Jake

Daragh O'Malley

Irishman

MW

Michael Wardle

Isaac Parkin

Una Brandon-Jones

Mrs. Parkin

Noel Johnson

General

IS

Irene Sutcliffe

Waitress

Llewellyn Rees

Tea Shop Proprietor

RO

Robert Oates

Policeman 1