fraud, and he is imprisoned for five years. The film then cuts to five years on, when Travis has finished his sentence, become a model prisoner, and converted to humanism. He is quickly faced with a bewildering series of assaults upon his new-found idealism, culminating in a scene in which he is attacked by down-and-outs whom he has been trying to help. The final scene of the film shows him becoming involved in a casting call for a film, with Lindsay Anderson himself playing the director of the film. He is given various props to handle, including a stack of schoolbooks and a machine gun. When asked to smile Mick continually asks why. The director slaps Travis with his script book after he fails to understand what is being asked of him. After a cut to black (a device used throughout the film) a slow look of understanding crosses Mick's face. The scene then cuts to a party with dancing which includes all of the cast celebrating. Cast Many of the actors play several roles. Malcolm McDowell as Michael Arnold "Mick" Travis / Plantation thief Ralph Richardson as Monty / Sir James Burgess Rachel Roberts as Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards Arthur Lowe as Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda Helen Mirren as Patricia / casting call receptionist Graham Crowden as Dr. Millar / Professor Stewart / Meth drinker Dandy Nichols as Tea lady in military installation Peter Jeffrey as Factory chairman / Prison governor Mona Washbourne as Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett Philip Stone as Jenkins / Interrogator / Salvation Army major Mary MacLeod as Mrs. Ball / Salvationist / Vicar's wife Wallas Eaton as John Stone (Coffee Factory) / Col. Steiger / Prison warder / Meths drinker / Film executive Warren Clarke as MC at Wakefield Club / Warner / Male nurse Bill Owen as Superintendent Barlow / Inspector Carding Michael Medwin as Army captain / Power station technician / Duke of Belminster Vivian Pickles as Good lady Geoffrey Palmer as Examination doctor / Basil Keyes Christine Noonan as Imperial Coffee assembly line worker / Mavis at Wakefield Club Geoffrey Chater as Bishop / Vicar Anthony Nicholls as General / Judge James Bolam as Attenborough / Examination Doctor Brian Glover as Plantation foreman / Bassett (Power Station Guard) Brian Pettifer as Biles Edward Judd as Oswald Alan Price as himself Jeremy Bulloch