---
title: 'Water (1985 film) (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dick Clement'
released: '1985-01-11'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/water-1985-film-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090297/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Water (1985 film) (1985)

1985 · 115 min · Comedy · United Kingdom

Original title: Water

## Synopsis

Water is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Michael Caine. It was scripted by Clement and Ian La Frenais. The plot spoofs elements of the comedies Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958) and Passport to Pimlico (1948) and the then-recent invasions of the Falkland Islands and Grenada. Caine plays Baxter Thwaites, a Governor who has 'gone native', and Billy Connolly as local biracial activist Delgado, supported by the last performance of Leonard Rossiter, as Sir Malcolm Leveridge, and one of the last performances of Fulton Mackay.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [George Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harrison), [Ian La Frenais](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-la-frenais)
- **Director:** [Dick Clement](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-clement)
- **Screenplay:** [Dick Clement](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-clement)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Moran](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moran)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [John Victor Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-victor-smith)

## Cast

- [Valerie Perrine](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-perrine)
- [William Hootkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hootkins)
- [Dick Shawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-shawn)
- [Dennis Dugan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-dugan)
- [Eric Clapton](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-clapton)
- [Billy Connolly](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-connolly)
- [Alfred Molina](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-molina)
- [Leonard Rossiter](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-rossiter)
- [Ringo Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/ringo-starr)
- [Fred Gwynne](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-gwynne)
- [Maureen Lipman](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-lipman)
- [Brenda Vaccaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/brenda-vaccaro)
- [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine)
- [George Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harrison)

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