Movie
School for Scoundrels
Comedy film with a runtime of 94 minutes, released in 1960. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
In the British farce School for Scoundrels, Ian Carmichael plays a naïve young loser, Henry Palfrey, who is anxious to get ahead in the world. He enrolls in a "school" that specializes in teaching one-upmanship -- the slogan is "How to win without actually cheating." Through fair means and foul, Henry learns how to come out top dog in any situation, with such experts as (the real-life) Stephen Potter (Alastair Sim) as his guide. A perceptive series of comic blackouts exposing the essential hypocrisy in all walks of life, School for Scoundrels was based on the book by Potter.
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Cast
- Ian Carmichael
- Terry-Thomas
- Alastair Sim
- Janette Scott
- Dennis Price
- Peter Jones
- Edward Chapman
- John Le Mesurier
- Irene Handl
- Kynaston Reeves
- Hattie Jacques
- Gerald Campion
- Hugh Paddick
- Monty Landis
- Barbara Roscoe
- Jeremy Lloyd
- Charles Lamb
- Anita Sharp Bolster
- Anita Bolster
- John Addison
- Peter Ustinov
- Terence Verity
- George Blackwell
- Richard Best
- Erwin Hillier
- Eric Aylott
