Withnail & I
“If you don't remember the 60s don't worry, neither can they.”
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.
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Cast
14 people
Richard E. Grant
Withnail
Known for
Loki
Logan
Paul McGann
...& I
Known for
Luther
Alien³
Richard Griffiths
Monty
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ralph Brown
Danny
Known for
Alien³
Marvel's Agent Carter
Michael Elphick
Jake
Known for
The Elephant Man
The Element of Crime
Daragh O'Malley
Irishman
Known for
Camelot
Sharpe's Rifles
Michael Wardle
Isaac Parkin
Known for
I'm Alan Partridge
The Final Cut
Una Brandon-Jones
Mrs. Parkin
Known for
Caravaggio
Hammer House of Horror
Noel Johnson
General
Known for
Frenzy
Irene Sutcliffe
Waitress
Also in
Pathfinders in Space
She's Out
Llewellyn Rees
Tea Shop Proprietor
Known for
Holocaust
Another Country
Robert Oates
Policeman 1
Also in
The Fifth Element
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Bruce Robinson Director · David Dundas Composer Rick Wentworth Composer
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release June 19, 1987 · Produced in United Kingdom, Canada
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,544,889
Production
Handmade Films
Production
Cineplex-Odeon Films
Production
United Kingdom · Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Latin
Release dates
United States · March 27, 1987
Premiere · New York New Directors and New Films Festival
United Kingdom · June 19, 1987
Theatrical
United States · June 19, 1987
Theatrical
Australia
October 29, 1987 · Theatrical
April 4, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
September 30, 2011 · Theatrical · Blu ray
October 3, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
January 1, 1991 · Theatrical
Spain
October 27, 1988 · Theatrical
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