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School for Scoundrels

Name: School for Scoundrels
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1960-03-24
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.972

★ 7,0 /10 (72 Votes)

1960 EN 94 min

Overview

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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Release date

24/03/1960

Votes

Popularity

1.4

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Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

94 min

Ian Carmichael

Henry Palfrey

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

Irene Handl

Mrs Stringer

Kynaston Reeves

General

Hattie Jacques

Miss Grimmet

Hugh Paddick

Pickthorn

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Barbara Roscoe

Barbara

Gerald Campion

Proudfoot

Monte Landis

Fleetsnod

Jeremy Lloyd

Dingle

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Charles Lamb

Carpenter

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Alice

Aubrey Woods

Brazier

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Vilma Ann Leslie

Secretary

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How To Win Without Actually Cheating! Humilliated in sport,losing his girl to a cad, and always taken advantage of-Henry Palfrey decides enough is enough and enrols himself at the College Of Lifemanship to learn self improvement strategies. School For Scoundrels is inspired by a trio of parody self-help books written by Stephen Potter called Gamesmanship, Lifemanship & Oneupmanship, with the subsequent result being a deftly charming satire backed up with very knowing comedy. Taking the lead role of Henry Palfrey is Ian Carmichael, though a star of many funny and successful British comedi…

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