It's Great to Be Young! (1956)

It's Great to Be Young! (1956) (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1956 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Cyril Frankel

Written By:
Ted Willis

Actors:
John Mills ..... Mr. Dingle
Cecil Parker ..... Frome
John Salew ..... Routledge
Elizabeth Kentish ..... Mrs. Castle
Mona Washbourne ..... Miss Morrow
Mary Merrall ..... Miss Wyvern
Derek Blomfield ..... Paterson
Jeremy Spenser ..... Nicky
Dorothy Bromiley ..... Paulette
Brian Smith ..... Ginger
Wilfred Downing ..... Browning
Robert Dickens ..... Morris
Dawson France ..... Crowther
Carole Shelley ..... Peggy
Richard O'Sullivan ..... Lawson

Synopsis:

It's Great to Be Young stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle does his best to stand up for his students, only to be dismissed for his troubles. The kids conspire to not only reinstate their favorite teacher, but to circumvent Frome's refusal to purchase new instruments for an upcoming music festival. Among the fresh new faces in the supporting cast is young Carole Shelley, who later played one of the "coo-coo Pigeon sisters" in The Odd Couple (1968). It's Great to Be Young was one of a package of Associated Pathe productions to be given fitful distribution in the US by Allied Artists.

Mr Dingle is so enthusiastic about the school orchestra that he sometimes lets it get in the way of his other teaching, much to the annoyance of the new headmaster. When it is discovered that Dingle has bought new instruments on hire-purchase and is paying this off by playing piano in a pub he is dismissed, triggering an unexpected response from his pupils.

Mr. Dingle is the popular music teacher in an English school, but when the headmaster threatens to close down the school band (partly because of Dingle's fondness of more modern music) then the pupils have to come to his assistance, using their musical skills to help.

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