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The great nuclear misunderstanding lasted 2 minutes and 28 seconds (including the peace treaty)
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
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Ralph Richardson
Lord Fortnum of Alamein
Rita Tushingham
Penelope
Michael Hordern
Bules Martin
Arthur Lowe
Father
Mona Washbourne
Mother
Richard Warwick
Alan
Peter Cook
Inspector
Dudley Moore
Sergeant
Frank Thornton
The BBC
Marty Feldman
Nurse Arthur
Harry Secombe
Shelter Man
Roy Kinnear
Plastic Mac Man
Spike Milligan
Mate
Jimmy Edwards
Nigel
Henry Woolf
Electricity Man
Jack Shepherd
Underwater Vicar
Dandy Nichols
Mrs Ethel Shroake
Bill Wallis
The Prime Minister
Gordon Rollings
Drip Feed Patient
Ronnie Brody
Chauffeur
Edward Malin
Club Waiter
Ronnie Barker
Underwater Vicar (voice) (uncredited)
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Richard Lester
Director
Richard Lester
Producer
Spike Milligan
Author
Sep 28, 1969
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