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In School for Scoundrels wimpy Ian Carmichael wants to impress girls and get one over on all-round show-off and cad Terry Thomas (playing gloriously to type). Discovering Alastair Simms' unorthodox school Carmichael happily enrols and learns the quaint tricks of the day for securing the admiration of a fair lady. Ultimately as a star pupil he teaches the Master a thing or two about true love when everything turns out just fine in the end. Appealing to all male sensibilities is the idea of a magical set of simple rules for winning someone's affections. Set in the tweed-rich environment of an English boarding school makes this an even quainter notion. To watch this classic comedy is to cock one's snoot at womanisers everywhere while unavoidably making a mental list of anything that might actually work! The three central performances are brilliantly realised, particularly the role reversal between Carmichael and Thomas. Try playing a tennis match after a viewing without calling "hard cheese". -Paul Tonks
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school for scoundrels stars iam carmichal,terry thomas and of course the very funny and talented alastair sim. the story gos that henry (ian carmichal is fed up of being taken advantage of by everyone from people at work to his friend terry thomas (who steals his girlfriend) so henry (ian) enrolls in the collage of lifemanship run by the cunning mr potter (alastair sim. Henry soon passes all the courses and is soon ready to put what hes learned into practice. Can he succeed? will he get his girlfriend back? well iam not saying, but i will say buy this wonderfull funny movie its british comedy at its best.
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The 1960s were at the cusp of social change between the sexes and the classes. This film deliberately takes us back to an earlier era familiar to those of an advanced age, or to readers of P.G.Wodehouse. A young man would don an evening suit to go out for dinner and would be greeted by a formidable maitre 'd - also dinner-suited - who would ask if he had a reservation. Young ladies were ultra-charming and not as assertive as they are now. Stealing the picture was Terry-Thomas playing the part of the arch-scoundrel, cad or bounder -- call him what you will. The cads are still around today but not as polished as they were!
Good entertainment and a UK social history lesson too. Plus a salute to the memory of Ian Carmichael.
Good entertainment and a UK social history lesson too. Plus a salute to the memory of Ian Carmichael.
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The story opens in London, and concerns pathetic Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael), a milquetoast who earns no respect from anybody, least of all April, the beautiful girl he wants to impress. Henry enrolls in "the College of Lifesmanship" run by Mr. Potter (Alastair Sim) and learns how to always be "one-up" rather than "one-down," always in control of every situation and the confident winner in every scenario. Henry's a quick learner, but is his phony demeanor going to win the fair April?
If you like British comedies, you're going to love this movie. It's witty and fast-paced and I enjoyed listening to the actors and their posh accents. Carmichael is great as the loser-turned-snobbish cad and is easy to like. Sim is droll and clever and Terry-Thomas is, well, Terry-Thomas and no one is funnier than he is. Jeanette Scott is adorable as the object of Henry's affection.
This 1960 comedy is hilarious and worth watching more than once. Heartily recommended.
If you like British comedies, you're going to love this movie. It's witty and fast-paced and I enjoyed listening to the actors and their posh accents. Carmichael is great as the loser-turned-snobbish cad and is easy to like. Sim is droll and clever and Terry-Thomas is, well, Terry-Thomas and no one is funnier than he is. Jeanette Scott is adorable as the object of Henry's affection.
This 1960 comedy is hilarious and worth watching more than once. Heartily recommended.
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