The Phantom of the Open
18/03/2022
2h

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Cast


Mark Rylance
Maurice Flitcroft


Sally Hawkins
Jean Flitcroft


Jonah Lees
James Flitcroft


Christian Lees
Gene Flitcroft


Jake Davies
Michael Flitcroft


Mark Lewis Jones
Cliff


Johann Myers
Willie


Rhys Ifans
Keith Mackenzie


Ash Tandon
Lloyd Donovan


Ian Porter
Dick Nelson


Nigel Betts
Tony Marsh


Afsaneh Dehrouyeh
Josie


Simon Farnaby
Laurent Lambert


Steve Oram
Gerald Hopkins


Neil Edmond
Bruce Atkins


Tim Berrington
Golfer 1


Terence Booth
Golfer 2
Ian Mansfield
Greenkeeper
Amy Alexander
Jenny


Tim Steed
John Pegg
Mark Bosch
Seve Ballesteros
Ebenezer Eben-Spiff
Jim Howard
Tommy Fallon
Young Maurice
David Mara
Genial Father
Austin Griffin
Young Mike
Graeme Hawley
Rory Thomson (TV Bright)
James Flitcroft
Drunk Man 1
John McGrellis
Drunk Man 2
Natsumi Kuroda
Naoko


Dai Tabuchi
Akira


Sadao Ueda
Kenji
David Ahmad
Journalist 1
Michael Dobby
Journalist 2
Orla Cottingham
Pam
Bianca Tranter
Mike’s Secretary


Anthony J. Abraham
Young Golfer
Michael McKenna
Barman Dan
Maurice Flitcroft
Self (archive Footage)


Mike Capozzola
Terry Moore


Holly Barnard
Debbie Moore (uncredited)
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