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Les Patterson Saves the World is a film of genre Comedy directed by George Trumbull Miller with Pamela Stephenson
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
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Add to a movie listLes Patterson Saves the World is a 1987 Australian comedy film starring Barry Humphries as his stage creations Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage.
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The uncouth Sir Les Patterson, played by Barry Humphries, teams up with Dame Edna Everage (again played by Barry Humphries) to save the world from a virulent bioterror attack ordered by Colonel Richard Godowni of the Gulf State of Abu Niveah.Actors
Pamela Stephenson
(Veronique Crudite)
Barry Humphries
(Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage)
Thaao Penghlis
(Colonel Richard Godowni)
Joan Rivers
(President Rivers (uncredited))
Andrew Clarke
(Neville Thonge)
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