School for Scoundrels

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Robert Hamer
Writer Patricia Moyes (Screenplay), Hal E. Chester (Screenplay), Stephen Potter (Novel), Frederick Gotfurt (Script Editor)
Release Date March 24, 1960
Runtime 94 min (1h 34m)
Country United Kingdom
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Guardsman Films • Associated British Picture Corporation

School for Scoundrels (1960)

Directed by Robert Hamer
• Written by Patricia Moyes , Hal E. Chester , Stephen Potter

"Learn to gain weight by LOSING scruples!"

⭐ 3.5 / 5 (73 votes) ⏱️ 94 min 🎬 Comedy

Ratings Breakdown:

73 ratings
0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.

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Director Robert Hamer
Robert Hamer
Director
 Screenplay Patricia Moyes
Patricia Moyes
Screenplay
 Screenplay Hal E. Chester
Hal E. Chester
Screenplay
 Ian Carmichael
Ian Carmichael
Henry Palfrey
 Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas
Raymond Delauney
 Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim
S. Potter
 Janette Scott
Janette Scott
April Smith
 Dennis Price
Dennis Price
Dunstan
 Peter Jones
Peter Jones
Dudley
 Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman
Gloatbridge
 John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier
Skinner
 Irene Handl
Irene Handl
Mrs Stringer
 Kynaston Reeves
Kynaston Reeves
General
 Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques
Miss Grimmet
 Hugh Paddick
Hugh Paddick
Pickthorn