School for scoundrels

United Kingdom, 1960

Film
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Episode of Series “Forever Ealing”.
Amusing British comedy about a constant “loser” (Ian Carmichael) who enrols in Alistair Sim’s School of Lifemanship” and there learns all the tricks to allow him to win the girl and get the better of two unscrupulous used car salesmen (Dennis Price and Peter Jones) as well as his rival in love and on the tennis court, Terry Thomas. Based on the book by Stephen Potter.

Credits

director

Robert Hamer

producer

Hal E. Chester

production company

Guardsman Film Productions

ABP

Language

English

Duration

01:34:00:00

Colour

Black and White

ACMI Identifier

37618

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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