Directed by:
Robert FuestScreenplay:
Robert FuestCinematography:
Norman WarwickCast:
Jon Finch, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden, Harry Andrews, George Coulouris, Ronald Lacey, Sarah Douglas, Derrick O'Connor, Jenny Runacre (more)Plots(1)
Based on Michael Moorcock's novel of the same name, THE FINAL PROGRAMME is set in a futuristic London, when the world is on the brink of nuclear disaster, and stars Jon Finch as Jerry Cornelius, a swinging London playboy who also happens to be a genius in the field of nuclear physics. When Jerry discovers evidence of a mysterious program his Nobel Prize winning father, a number of scientists seek his help in finding it. Called "the Final Program," the program is a formula for cloning and modifying humans. Soon, Cornelius has teamed up with Miss Brunner, a computer expert who sexual practices can only be described as alarming. As Miss Brunner and Cornelius close in on the program, it becomes apparent that their lives are in danger and that they must recover the program in order to save the Earth. Deftly mixing comedy with science-fiction, THE FINAL PROGRAMME resembles THE AVENGERS and THE PRISONER in tone and style, but its sly hero and intriguing plot make it a beguilingly original film. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jon Finch
UK
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Frenzy (1972)
Hugh Griffith
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Patrick Magee
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cromwell (1970)
Sterling Hayden
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
George Coulouris
UK
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ronald Lacey
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
Sarah Douglas
UK
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
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Derrick O'Connor
Ireland
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Brazil (1985)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Jenny Runacre
South Africa
Best movies:
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Les Duellistes (1977)
The Passenger (1975)
Graham Crowden
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Sandy Ratcliff
UK
Best movies:
Family Life (1970)
The Final Programme (1973)
Julie Ege
Norway
Best movies:
Robbery (1967)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
It's Not the Size That Counts (1974)
Mary Macleod
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
Orlando (1992)
Sandra Dickinson
USA
Best movies:
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