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A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

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A black comedy about excessive consumption. A young couple are determined to make a break with a predictable future as servants of a large corporation and sink their savings into a restaurant. All is disaster until the appearance of the Porters, whose enthusiastic patronage soon has trade booming.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

70 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

20 January 1981

Country

Cast

Christopher Benjamin

Christopher Benjamin

Mr Porter

Gillian Martell

Gillian Martell

Mrs Porter

Paul Copley

Paul Copley

Tom

Natasha Pyne

Natasha Pyne

Gwen

Mark Penfold

Mark Penfold

Harry

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Fulton

Gwen Nelson

Gwen Nelson

Mrs Bone

Kevin Lloyd

Kevin Lloyd

Des McNeil

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Sales representative

Leonard Fenton

Leonard Fenton

Mr Smith

Shirley Stelfox

Shirley Stelfox

Mrs Smith

Ewart James Walters

Ewart James Walters

Coach driver

Sean Burns

Sean Burns

Justin

David Rome

David Rome

Electrician

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