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School for Scoundrels
“Learn to gain weight by LOSING scruples!”
6.9 / 10• 1960• 1h 34m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ian Carmichael
Henry Palfrey
Lead
Terry-Thomas
Raymond Delauney
Alastair Sim
S. Potter
Janette Scott
April Smith
Dennis Price
Dunstan
Peter Jones
Dudley
Edward Chapman
Gloatbridge
John Le Mesurier
Skinner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Hamer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. School for Scoundrels is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
