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School for Scoundrels is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Cyril Frankel released in USA on 11 july 1960 with Ian Carmichael
School for Scoundrels (1960)
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Add to a movie listSchool for Scoundrels is a 1960 British comedy film, directed by Robert Hamer, starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas, and inspired by the "Gamesmanship" series of books by Stephen Potter. It has been remade twice: in Bollywood in 1975 under the title Chhoti Si Baat, and in Hollywood in 2006 as School for Scoundrels.
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Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a failure in sport and love, and the easy victim of conmen and employees alike. So he enrolls at the "School of Lifemanship" in Yeovil, run by Dr. Potter (Alastair Sim). Late for his appointment, he overhears Potter explaining the principles of lifemanship to the new intake: Well, gentlemen, lifemanship is the science of being one up on your opponents at all times. It is the art of making him feel that somewhere, somehow he has become less than you – less desirable, less worthy – less blessed.Actors
Ian Carmichael
(Henry Palfrey)
Terry-Thomas
(Raymond Delauney)
Dennis Price
(Dunstan)
Janette Scott
(April Smith)
Alastair Sim
(Mr S. Potter)
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