School for Scoundrels (1960 film)

School for Scoundrels
Original UK poster
Directed byRobert Hamer
Cyril Frankel (uncredited)
Hal E. Chester (uncredited)[1]
Screenplay byPatricia Moyes
Hal E. Chester
Peter Ustinov (uncredited)
Frank Tarloff (uncredited)
Based onthe Gamesmanship series
by Stephen Potter
Produced byHal E. Chester
StarringIan Carmichael
Terry-Thomas
Janette Scott
Alastair Sim
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byRichard Best
Music byJohn Addison
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors[2] (UK)
Release date
  • 24 March 1960 (1960-03-24) (UK)
[3]
Running time
97 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

School for Scoundrels (also known as School for Scoundrels Or How to Win without Actually Cheating) is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Hamer (and, uncredited, Cyril Frankel and Hal E. Chester)[1] and starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott and Alastair Sim.[4] It was inspired by the Gamesmanship series of books by Stephen Potter. The film has been remade twice: in Bollywood as Chhoti Si Baat (1975) and in Hollywood as School for Scoundrels (2006).

  1. ^ a b c Brooke, Michael (2003–14). "School for Scoundrels (1959)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "School for Scoundrels". BBFC. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ The Times, 24 March 1960, p. 2 (advert) and p. 12 (review)
  4. ^ "School for Scoundrels". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 January 2024.