The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life

81 mins | Comedy | March 8, 1950

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

The Happiest Days of Your Life

81 mins | Comedy | March 8, 1950

The Happiest Days of Your Life
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers London Film Productions, Individual Pictures
Original title The Happiest Days of Your Life
Directors Clifford Price, Carole Acason, Cecil F. Ford, George More O'Ferrall, Angela Allen, Frank Launder
Writers Frank Launder, John Dighton

Cast

Alastair Sim

as Wetherby Pond

Margaret Rutherford

as Muriel Whitchurch

John Turnbull

as Conrad Matthews: Staff of Nutbourne

Richard Wattis

as Arnold Billings: Staff of Nutbourne

John Bentley

as Richard Tassell: Staff of Nutbourne

Guy Middleton

as Victor Hyde-Brown: Staff of Nutbourne

Percy Walsh

as Monsieur Joue: Staff of Nutbourne

Arthur Howard

as Anthony Ramsden: Staff of Nutbourne

Edward Rigby

as Rainbow: Staff of Nutbourne

Harold Goodwin

as Edwin: Staff of Nutbourne

Gladys Henson

as Mrs. Hampstead: Staff of Nutbourne

Muriel Aked

as Miss Jezzard: Staff of St. Swithin's

Joyce Grenfell

as Miss Gossage: Staff of St. Swithin's

Bernadette O'Farrell

as Miss Harper: Staff of St. Swithin's

Myrette Morven

as Miss Chapel: Staff of St. Swithin's

Patience Rentoul

as Miss Armstrong: Staff of St. Swithin's

Lilian Stanley

as Miss Curtis: Staff of St. Swithin's

Kenneth Downey

as Sir Angus McNally

Laurence Naismith

as Dr. Collet

Stringer Davis

as Rev. Rich

Stanley Lemin

as Mr. Parry

Olwen Brookes

as Mrs. Parry

Alan Broadhurst

as Mr. Ibbertson

Vivien Wood

as Mrs. Ibbertson

Nan Munro

as Mrs. Jones

Russell Waters

as Mr. West

George Benson

as Mr. Tripp

Angela Glynne

as Barbara Colhoun

Patricia Owens

as Angela Parry

Betty Blackler

as Mary

Fred Marshall

as Metcalf

John Rhodes

as Cranbourne

Jim Davis

as Talbot

Keith Faulkner

as Unsworth

William Simonds

as Oliver

George Cole

as Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)

Beryl Ede

as Political Canvasser (Uncredited)

Gertrude Kaye

as Assistant Cook (Uncredited)

Charlotte Mitchell

as Ethel (Uncredited)

Pat Pleasance

as Young Girl (Uncredited)

Mackenzie Ward

as Benson (Uncredited)