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4.0/10   130 votes
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Director:
George Miller
Writers:
Barry Humphries (writer)
Diane Millstead (writer)
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Release Date:
9 April 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Les Patterson Saves the World. A True Story. more
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User Comments:
Endearingly raunchy fun more (11 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barry Humphries ... Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
Pamela Stephenson ... Veronique Crudite
Thaao Penghlis ... Colonel Richard Godowni
Andrew Clarke ... Neville Thonge
Henri Szeps ... Dr. Charles Herpes / Desiree Herpes
Elizabeth McIvor ... Nancy Borovansky
Hugh Keays-Byrne ... Inspector Farouk
Garth Meade ... Mustafa Toul
Arthur Sherman ... General Evans
Josef Drewniak ... Mossolov
Esben Storm ... Russian scientist
Joy Westmore ... Lady Gwen Patterson
Connie Hobbs ... Madge Allsop
Christine Hill ... A Possum for Peace
Kati Edwards ... A Possum for Peace
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:S
Filming Locations:
Australia more
Company:
Humpstead Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the restaurant scene, the Russians have a table booked under the name Humphries. Barry Humphries stars as Les Patterson. more
Quotes:
Dr. Charles Herpes: Visiting careless tourists in their rooms at the hotel Sodom is my bread and butter, but the jam on top is chronic diarrhea. more
Soundtrack:
You Saved The World more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Endearingly raunchy fun, 3 May 2005
Author: 210west from New York City

I don't know what the problem is with some of IMDb's viewers. Maybe their sense of humor is atrophied, or maybe they're just a bunch of prisses. "Les Patterson" is one of my all-time favorite comedies, and the title character, played by the comic genius Barry Humphries, is earthy, lusty, memorable, and larger than life -- laughing-out-loud funny and raunchy but also endearing and in a certain way almost inspiring, with elements of Rabelais, Falstaff, and R. Crumb. (I'm told, unaccountably, that Humphries himself is none too proud of this film today; if that's the case, I'm mystified. Maybe he hasn't seen it in a while.) Try this movie for around 15 minutes; if that doesn't convince you, well, switch it off and go watch a sitcom.

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