Spare the Rod

Spare the Rod

93 mins | Drama | May 23, 1961

It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?

Spare the Rod

93 mins | Drama | May 23, 1961

Spare the Rod
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Spare the Rod
Directors Leslie Norman
Writers

Cast

Max Bygraves

as John Saunders

Geoffrey Keen

as Arthur Gregory

Donald Pleasence

as Mr. Jenkins

Betty McDowall

as Ann Collins

Peter Reynolds

as Alec Murray

Jean Anderson

as Mrs. Pond

Eleanor Summerfield

as Mrs. Harkness

Mary Merrall

as Miss Fogg

Richard O'Sullivan

as Fred Harkness

Claire Marshall

as Margaret

Jeremy Bulloch

as Angell

Michael Craze

as Thatcher

Bryan Pringle

as Drunken Father

Aubrey Woods

as Mr. Bickerstaff