Work Is a Four Letter Word
Cast & Crew
Peter Hall
David Warner
Cilla Black
Elizabeth Spriggs
Zia Mohyeddin
Joe Gladwin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Val Brose, a young man living in a highly automated future world, is interested only in growing mushrooms. His fiancée, Betty Dorrick, and her mother fear that Val will never take his place in society. When Betty insists that Val get a job, he obtains a position in the power station because he is attracted by the dark, damp working conditions which he believes will be perfect for his new strain of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Meanwhile, Betty has been anxiously making plans for their wedding. Soon after the ceremony, however, he takes her to see his mushrooms; Betty becomes disconcerted by Val's strange preoccupation with the plants and leaves her new husband. Val then decides to make certain changes in the generating operation in order for his mushrooms to have optimal conditions for growth. Dr. Narayana, an Indian in charge of the plant, learns of these unauthorized changes, but he is unable to catch Val in a mad chase around the boilers. Eventually, the entire plant grinds to a halt, and the lights of the city go out. Before he can be caught, Val tosses some of the mushrooms to his pursuers, who sample them and become so euphoric that they urge Dr. Narayana to destroy the power plant. Val and Betty, now reconciled, leave for the forest with a baby carriage full of mushrooms.
Director
Peter Hall
Cast
David Warner
Cilla Black
Elizabeth Spriggs
Zia Mohyeddin
Joe Gladwin
Julie May
Alan Howard
Jan Holden
John Steiner
Roger Booth
Tony Church
Derek Royle
David Waller
Cyril Cross
Gladys Dawson
Donegal
Royston Tickner
Clifford Rose
Paul Dawkins
Tommy Godfrey
Peter Hutchins
Gordon Craig
Crew
Don Black
Jeremy Brooks
Thomas Clyde
Keith Green
Philip Harrison
Harold Haysom
Robert Macphee
Gordon K. Mccallum
Michael Stainer-hutchins
Gilbert Taylor
Joe Tilton
Donald Toms
Claude Watson
Guy Woolfenden
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I'm going to tell God on you!- Valentine Brose
Trivia
Notes
Opened in London in June 1968.
