Top billed cast

1. 

   Peter O'Toole

   Arthur Chipping

2. 

   Petula Clark

   Katherine Bridges

3. 

   Michael Redgrave

   The Headmaster

4. 

   George Baker

   Lord Sutterwick

5. 

   Siân Phillips

   Ursula Mossbank

6. 

   Michael Bryant

   Max Staefel

7. 

   Jack Hedley

   William Baxter

8. 

   Alison Leggatt

   Headmaster's Wife

9. 

   Jenny Runacre

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-03-23

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 the staff nor much respected by the pupils. It’s on a trip to London to see a show that he meets it’s star “Katherine” (Petula Clark) but he puts his foot in his mouth rather. On a tr...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• boarding school
• world war ii
• forbidden love
• vacation
• love
• teacher student relationship
• teaching
• schoolteacher
• teacher hero
• music hall
• boys' school
• school life
• metrocolor