School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels (Blu-Ray) (*)

$32.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Robert Hamer

Written By:
Stephen Potter
Patricia Moyes

Actors:
Ian Carmichael ..... Henry Palfrey
Terry-Thomas ..... Raymond Delauney
Alastair Sim ..... Mr. S. Potter
Janette Scott ..... April Smith
Dennis Price ..... Dunstan
Peter Jones ..... Dudley
Edward Chapman ..... Gloatbridge
John Le Mesurier ..... Head Waiter
Irene Handl ..... Mrs. Stringer
Kynaston Reeves ..... General
Hattie Jacques ..... 1st Instructress, Miss Grimmet
Hugh Paddick ..... Instructor
Barbara Roscoe ..... 2nd Instructress
Gerald Campion ..... Proudfoot
Monte Landis ..... Fleetsnod

Synopsis:

In School for Scoundrels wimpy Ian Carmichael wants to impress girls and get one over on all-round show-off and cad Terry Thomas (playing gloriously to type). Discovering Alastair Simms' unorthodox school Carmichael happily enrols and learns the quaint tricks of the day for securing the admiration of a fair lady. Ultimately as a star pupil he teaches the Master a thing or two about true love when everything turns out just fine in the end. Appealing to all male sensibilities is the idea of a magical set of simple rules for winning someone's affections. Set in the tweed-rich environment of an English boarding school makes this an even quainter notion. To watch this classic comedy is to cock one's snoot at womanisers everywhere while unavoidably making a mental list of anything that might actually work! The three central performances are brilliantly realised, particularly the role reversal between Carmichael and Thomas. Try playing a tennis match after a viewing without calling 'hard cheese'.

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.

Based on the books by Stephen Potter, a young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people; How to seduce women, how to gain points in conversation, and how to beat a better tennis player by driving him crazy. He begins to put the lessons into operation.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 April, 2016.