Crossing the Floor
TV Movie
Comedy
Drama
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
1996-10-05
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Cast
Director
Guy Jenkin
Tom Wilkinson as David Hanratty
Neil Pearson as Tom Peel
Diana Kent as Alison Hanratty
Helen Baxendale as Ruth Clarke
Douglas Henshall as Clive Colville
James Fleet as Prime Minister
Clive Russell as Mick Boyd
Meera Syal as Reporter
Jonathan Cullen as Michael Hilton
James Ellis as Andrew Carson
Rosemary Martin as Janet Pearce
Andy Hamilton as Daily Comet Editor
Paula Jacobs as Madam Speaker
Geoffrey Whitehead as Asst. Chief Constable Turpin
Julian Fellowes as Sir Mortimer Fawkes
Norman Bird as Grandfather
Tony Gardner as TV Interviewer
Moray Hunter as Down and Out
Carolyn Pickles as Returning Officer
Bill Wallis as Local Party Leader
Bill Thomas as Boozer McGill
Mark Benton as Ambulance Man
Sophie Dix as Ambulance Woman
Jasper Jacob as Liberal Democrat