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School for Scoundrels [VHS] [1960]
 
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School for Scoundrels [VHS] [1960]

Ian Carmichael , Terry-Thomas , Cyril Frankel , Hal E. Chester    Universal, suitable for all   VHS Tape
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis Price
  • Directors: Cyril Frankel, Hal E. Chester, Robert Hamer
  • Writers: Hal E. Chester, Patricia Moyes, Stephen Potter
  • Producers: Hal E. Chester, Douglas Rankin
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Warner
  • VHS Release Date: 3 July 2000
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CJXM
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,031 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)

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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

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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars He, who is not one up, is one down!, 23 Nov 2006
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G. Dudley "graham1382" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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A fun portrayal of how to get on in life. What a cast, too! Alastair Sim, Terry Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Hattie Jacques, to name but a few.

When Ian Carmichael literally runs into the girl of his dreams, he is swept off his feet. However, he soon loses her to the eternal "bounder" Terry Thomas, who always seems to have the edge on him! Even down to buying a car ("It looks like a Polish stomach pump"), in order to impress the young lady, poor Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) just doesn't have what it takes. Until, that is, he enrols in the school of Lifemanship, run by none other than Alastair Sim.

As you would expect from such an impressive line-up of stars, this is definitely a film not to be missed. John Le Mesurier even gives a small, but convincing part as the Matre d', whose ears wiggle when he hears the sound of a Pound note being crumpled behind him, to attract his attention!

If you're feeling that life is always dealing you a bad hand, you should seriously consider joining the Shool of Lifemanship; you might enrol for their Interpolated Accountancy class, or even their Wooemanship class! Either way, if you watch this film, you won't be a loser! ("He, who is not one up, is one down!")

A lot of what is portrayed, is very true to life and even more relevant, even in today's bustling, insincere and two-faced society!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful fun, 5 May 2003
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Paul Conder (Auckland New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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The Green Man and School For Scoundrels are two of Alaistair Sim's greatest comedy efforts.

In the Green Man we see Sim as an assassin who is chased across England (by a very young George Cole) while attempting to kill his next victim.

In the School for Scoundrels we get a lively comedy starring Ian Carmichael and Terry Thomas. Sim's plays the professor of the school for rougues (ie Stephen Potts) teaching Carmichael how to take revenge on his nemesis by "winning without actually cheating" and to win the girl of his dreams. Based on the Books by the real Stephen Potter (Gamesmanship and Lifemanship) there is a real story and a lot of fun.

"Hard Cheese" for anyone who misses the opportunity to watch this set.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars British Comedy at its finest, 15 Mar 2004
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Paul T Horgan (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: School for Scoundrels [VHS] [1960] (VHS Tape)
This film is a showcase of British Post-war film making and the stars and production values that made it this way. Sims, Carmichael and Thomas excel in their roles as teacher, pupil and cad in this superb visualisation of Stephen Potter's writings on One-Upmanship. The film itself is stuffed full of stars of the era, Peter Jones, Hattie Jacques and Irene Handl to name but three. There isn't a duff performance from anyone.

Carmichael plays his usual middle-class English male marooned in a sea of indifference, power struggles and self-interest. However he has help this time. Guided by the wit and wisdom of Alastair Sim, he gains strength, confronts and battles his real-life demons to win the girl (played by Janette Scott, real-life daughter of the late Thora Hird).

I never cease to wonder at the ignorance of people who point-blank refuse to watch a movie just because it is shot in black and white. It saddens me that they deny themselves the pleasure of viewing classics like this.

This film is an excellent introduction to the genre of the British post-war film comedy. Buy it, buy it now.

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