Eat the Rich

1987
R
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Alex (Al Pillay) is a disgruntled server at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex and cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karpov (Dave Beard) and Spider (Lemmy) plot to involve the inept anarchists in their plans to derail the Prime-Minister-to-be's campaign.

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Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.

Director
- Peter Richardson
Writers
- Peter Richardson
- Pete Richens
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Peter Richardson
Writers
- Peter Richardson
- Pete Richens
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Alex
(as Lanah Pellay)

Ronald Allen

Commander Fortune

Kevin Allen

Waiter #1

Dave Beard

General Karpov
(as David Beard)

Rowena Bentley

Indecisive Girlfriend
(as Rowena Bently)

Angie Bowie

Henry's Wife

Simon Brint

Dickie

Rene Bruchet

Janet

Les Bubb

Waiter

Kathy Burke

Kathy

Robert Carwithen

Robert

Katrin Cartlidge

Katrin

Sean Chapman

Mark

Robbie Coltrane

Jeremy

Miles A. Copeland III

Derek
(as Miles Copeland)

Hugh Cornwell

Edgeley

Neil Cunningham

TV Reporter

Director
- Peter Richardson
Writers
- Peter Richardson
- Pete Richens
All cast & crew
Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This movie is ranked at #49 on Time Out's "Cinema's 50 Greatest Flops, Follies, and Failures" list.

Quotes
Police Inspector: This is the police! Lay down your knives and forks! You have all been eating the Prime Minister!

Connections
Spin-off from The Comic Strip Presents (1982)

Soundtracks
Eat the Rich
Phil Campbell, Würzel, Lemmy, and Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor
Performed by Motörhead
Courtesy of G.W.R. Entertainments Corporation

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Featured review

7/10

Definitely not for everyone...

OK, real quick, a correction of someone else's review:

1. Brian Johnson of AC/DC is NOT in this movie.

2. The song in the employment office scene is 'Nothing Up My Sleeves', not 'Ace of Spades.' Having said that...

The film is definitely not for everyone, but for being a small film with a small budget and mostly television actors, its really not bad. The humor is often subtle and easy to miss if you don't pay attention. There's a lot of cameos ranging from 3 of the 4 'Young Ones' stars to Sir Paul McCartney, which just makes the movie weirder, like 'What the %%%% is HE doing in THIS??' Overall its not a bad movie, just don't rent it expecting 'Gone With the Wind.'