The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)

Country: GB
Technical: col 101m
Director: Kevin Billington
Cast: Peter Cook, John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Harold Pinter

Synopsis:

A plausible sounding graduate makes it big as an opinion pollster and rises through the ranks of the Tory party.

Review:

Heavy-handed political satire which tries, but fails, to be Pythonesque. A wealth of smug talent strains for ingenuity.