Dexter King plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson. He falls in love with Kate, a pretty nurse he meets when he is receiving injections for hay fever. When Anderson fires him, he acquires the title role in a musical stage version of "The Elephant Man". Kate dumps him when she suspects he is having an affair with a fellow cast member, and he must win her back.
Angus Deayton , Anna Massey , Anthony Woodruff , Charles Lamb , Declan Mulholland , Derek Lyons , Emil Wolk , Emma Thompson , Francis Johnson , Fred Bryant , Geraldine James , Graham 'Suggs' McPherson , Harold Innocent , Harriet Keevil , Hugh Thomas , Ian Lindsay , Jason Isaacs , Jeff Goldblum , Joanna Kanska , John Inman , Jon Glover , Jonathan Ross , Joolia Cappleman , Kate
