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
Penelope Wilton
as Pat Garden
Alison Steadman
as Gwenda Stimpson
Stephen Moore
as Mr. John Jolly
Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Benjamin Whitrow
as Headmaster
Geoffrey Palmer
as Headmaster
Michael Aldridge
as Prior
Sharon Maiden
as Laura Wisely
Penny Leatherbarrow
as Woman Teacher
Howard Lloyd-Lewis
as Ted
Jonathan Bowater
as Clint
