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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1995

99 minutes (1 hrs 39 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Christopher Monger

Starring

Hugh Grant · Tara Fitzgerald · Colm Meaney · Ian McNeice · Ian Hart · Kenneth Griffith

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 12th May 1995

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 4th Aug '95
Debut position: 6
Highest position: 6
Debut gross: £321.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 7

US box office

Box Office debut: 19th May '95
Debut position: 8
Highest position: 8
Debut gross: $1.6 Million
Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

4 Aug, 1995
6

11 Aug, 1995
7

18 Aug, 1995
9

25 Aug, 1995
10

1 Sep, 1995
10

8 Sep, 1995
11

15 Sep, 1995
14

US box office

19 May, 1995
8

26 May, 1995
12

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£760.8 Thousand

US total gross
United States Flag

$10.9 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$11.8 Million

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Director

Role

Christopher Monger

Directed By

Hugh
Grant

Actor

Character

Hugh Grant

Reginald Anson

Tara Fitzgerald

Elizabeth aka Betty from Cardiff

Colm Meaney

Morgan the Goat

Ian McNeice

George Garrad

Ian Hart

Johnny Shellshocked (Jones)

Kenneth Griffith

Reverend Jones

Tudor Vaughan

Thomas Twp

Hugh Vaughan

Thomas Twp Too

Robert Pugh

Williams the Petroleum

Robert Blythe

Ivor

Garfield Morgan

Davies the School

Lisa Palfrey

Blod Jones

Dafydd Wyn Roberts

Tommy Twostroke

Ieuan Rhys

Sgt. Thomas

Anwen Williams

Mavis

David Lloyd Meredith

Jones the JP

Fraser Cains

Evans the End of the World

Jack Walters

Grandfather

Harry Kretchmer

Young Boy

Howell Evans

Thomas the Trains

Maisie McNeice

Girl in classroom

Nicholas McGaughey

Narrator

Rock Salt

Villager