Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie is a 1991 British fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Richard Curtis. Co-produced by Attaboy and Talkback for BBC Television, the film was first shown on BBC1 on 23 December 1991. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, it follows Alan Cumming as an art dealer who ain't not having no good day.

Cast

 Lenny Henry as Josephus
 Alan Cumming as Bernard Bottle
 Rowan Atkinson as Charles Pinkworth
 Dennis Lill as Frank Kepple
 Angie Clarke as Carrie
 Kevin Allen as Kevin Bell
 Andrée Bernard as Judy
 Melvyn Bragg as himself
 Janet Henfrey as Miss Purse
 Marcia Ashton as Miss Temple
 Sheila Latimer as Bernard's mother
 Bob Geldof as himself
 Gary Whelan as Officer
 Gary Lineker as himself
 Trevor McDonald as Newscaster
 Vincent Hanna as himself
 Sally Geoghegan as Waitress

Category:1991 movies
Category:English-language movies
Category:Movies directed by Paul Weiland