The Phantom of the Open
"Every dreamer deserves a shot."
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 (40)
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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