School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

94 mins | Comedy | March 24, 1960

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.

School for Scoundrels

94 mins | Comedy | March 24, 1960

School for Scoundrels
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation, Guardsman Films
Original title School for Scoundrels
Directors Helen Whitson, Basil Rayburn, Robert Hamer
Writers Stephen Potter, Frederick Gotfurt, Hal E. Chester, Patricia Moyes

Cast

Ian Carmichael

as Henry Palfrey

Terry-Thomas

as Raymond Delauney

Janette Scott

as April Smith

Alastair Sim

as Mr S. Potter

Dennis Price

as Dunstan

Edward Chapman

as Gloatbridge

Peter Jones

as Dudley

Kynaston Reeves

as General

Irene Handl

as Mrs. Stringer

John Le Mesurier

as Head Waiter

Gerald Campion

as Proudfoot

Hugh Paddick

as Instructor

Hattie Jacques

as 1st Instructress

Barbara Roscoe

as 2nd Instructress

Monte Landis

as Fleetsnod

Jeremy Lloyd

as Dingle

Charles Lamb

as Carpenter