Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
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Peter O'Toole
Arthur Chipping
Petula Clark
Katherine Bridges
Michael Redgrave
The Headmaster
George Baker
Lord Sutterwick
Siân Phillips
Ursula Mossbank
Michael Bryant
Max Staefel
Jack Hedley
William Baxter
Alison Leggatt
Headmaster's Wife
Jenny Runacre
Clinton Greyn
Bill Calbury
Director
Herbert Ross
Screenplay
Terence Rattigan
Tagline
"He is a shy schoolmaster. She is a music hall star. They marry and immediately have 283 children...all boys!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$9,000,000
Production
APJAC Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CinemaSerf
March 23, 2025
I suppose if you are going to reimagine the classic 1939 version of this story, you have to ditch some of that film’s most charming elements and bring it up to date. That’s what Herbert Ross and Leslie Bricusse have done here and for the most part it sort of works. Peter O’Toole takes on the role of the fastidious Latin master at the all-boys “Brookfield” school where he is neither much liked by t...
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