The boys at St. Michael spend most their time gambling, betting and setting booby traps for their Head Master, Dr Benjamin Twist. A new Governor inspects the school and demands the Head Master's resignation. Dr Twist defends his educational methods and is given a chance to show what his boys can do in a public examination. He .. Read more
| Starring | Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Edgar Kennedy, Tommy Bupp |
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| Director | Marcel Varnel |
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Will Hay returns to his celebrated music-hall persona of the cynically incompetent schoolmaster in the first of several films he made with French director Marcel Varnel. Having to bluff furiously to remain one step ahead of a class that contains the ever-mischievous Graham Moffat, Hay is close to his peak as he lectures to a conference of educationalists, flirts with chanteuse Lilli Palmer and helps prevent the theft of the Mona Lisa. However, nothing beats his turning a discussion on betting into a lesson on Agincourt to fool an aggressive governor (Martita Hunt).
They dont make them like this anymore.
Although not my fav will hay film.Its still a good one and any self respecting fan would enjoy this in their ...
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This is typical of the British comedies so popular before and during the Second World War, predicated on the undermining of authority and making fun of ... more
This is typical of the British comedies so popular before and during the Second World War, predicated on the undermining of authority and making fun of ... more
They dont make them like this anymore.
Although not my fav will hay film.Its still a good one and any self respecting fan would enjoy this in their ...
more
This is typical of the British comedies so popular before and during the Second World War, predicated on the undermining of authority and making fun of ... more
Will Hay returns to his celebrated music-hall persona of the cynically incompetent schoolmaster in the first of several films he made with French director Marcel Varnel. Having to bluff furiously to remain one step ahead of a class that contains the ever-mischievous Graham Moffat, Hay is close to his peak as he lectures to a conference of educationalists, flirts with chanteuse Lilli Palmer and helps prevent the theft of the Mona Lisa. However, nothing beats his turning a discussion on betting into a lesson on Agincourt to fool an aggressive governor (Martita Hunt).