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“Which side will you be on?”
7.0 / 10• 1968• 1h 52m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
Cast & Crew
Malcolm McDowell
Mick Travis
Lead
David Wood
Johnny Knightly
Richard Warwick
Wallace
Christine Noonan
The Girl
RW
Rupert Webster
Bobby Phillips
Robert Swann
Rowntree
HT
Hugh Thomas
Denson
MC
Michael Cadman
Fortinbras
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lindsay Anderson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. if.... is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
