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School For Scoundrels [1960]

School For Scoundrels [1960]
Directed by Hal E. Chester, Cyril Frankel, Robert Hamer

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #3796 in DVD
  • Released on: 2006-10-30
  • Rating: Universal, suitable for all
  • Format: PAL
  • Original language: English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Running time: 90 minutes

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Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Synopsis
Amusing tale of a born failure who enrols at the College of One-Upman-ship and completes a crash course on coping with life's hilarious humiliations without actually cheating.