Fun at St. Fanny's

Fun at St. Fanny's

80 mins | Comedy | Dec. 15, 1955

Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.

Fun at St. Fanny's

80 mins | Comedy | Dec. 15, 1955

Fun at St. Fanny's
Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.
Producers David Dent Productions
Original title Fun at St. Fanny's
Directors Eddie Pike, Erica Masters, Maurice Elvey
Writers Peter Noble, Denis Waldock, Anthony Verney

Cast

Fred Emney

as Dr. Septimus Jankers

Cardew Robinson

as Cardew the Cad

Miriam Karlin

as 'The Private Eye'

Gabrielle Brune

as Matron

Vera Day

as Maisie

Aud Johansen

as Mlle. Praline

Claude Hulbert

as Mr. Winkle

Freddie Mills

as Harry the Scar

Davy Kaye

as Ferdy

Johnny Brandon

as Fanshaw

Ronnie Corbett

as Chumleigh

Roger Avon

as Horsetrough

Stanley Unwin

as The Guide

Peter Butterworth

as The Potter

Paul Daneman

as Fudge - The Porter

Kynaston Reeves

as Mc. Tavish

Gerald Campion

as Fatty Gilbert

Dino Galvani

as Prof. Stromboli

Stuart Saunders

as Station Sergeant

Tom Gill

as Constable

Melvyn Hayes

as Heckling Boy at Concert (uncredited)