School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.
John Cleese
as Brian Stimpson
Alison Steadman
as Gwenda Stimpson
Penelope Wilton
as Pat Garden
Stephen Moore
as Mr. John Jolly
Geoffrey Palmer
as Headmaster
Benjamin Whitrow
as Headmaster
Jonathan Bowater
as Clint
Tony Haygarth
as Ivan with the tractor
Philip Voss
as Headmaster
Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Nicholas Le Prevost
as Headmaster
Patrick Godfrey
as Headmaster
