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School For Scoundrels [VHS] [1960]

VHS ~ Ian Carmichael
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 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
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Jul 1998
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CJXM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,523 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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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.

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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars He, who is not one up, is one down!, 23 Nov 2006
By Mr. Graham R. Dudley "graham1382" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: School For Scoundrels [DVD] [1960] (DVD)
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, 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!

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:
5.0 out of 5 stars How to be a rotter in an hour and a half, 20 Feb 2004
Any film that has both Alastair Sim and Terry-Thomas must have a head start above most others, and this beauty of oneupmanship is no exception. Throw in Ian Carmichael as the downtrodden hero and the stage is set for a sparkling comedy of manners and social standing. Sim is the cynical principal at a school teaching the arts of getting one over your rival. Carmichael enrols to prove himself beter than the worldly T-T, and slowly becomes a bigger bounder than our gap-toothed fave. Full of great performances, a witty script and a memorable cameo from Dennis Price and Peter Jones, this is one of the great Ealingesque comedies that we used to do so well. And if it only does one thing, it will teach you how to get the other fellow to pay for dinner.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great film, 18 Feb 2007
This review is from: School For Scoundrels [DVD] [1960] (DVD)
Alastair Sim is hilarious. Terry-Thomas is perfect. Ian Carmichael is also perfectly cast.

All of the cast of characters - even if they only have one scene - or even one line - are truly memorable and quotable.

Highly recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Classic British Comedy but in all honesty it's not that funny
If you like old British movies, and as a rule I do, then of course you will love this, but really it is very dated and it is not that funny. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Justice Peace

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Comedy with Terry Thomas & Ian Carmichael
Another funny Terry Thomas & Ian Carmichael film with a really good supporting cast to help the film along ,classic comedy from the past.
Published 5 months ago by Michael Frank

5.0 out of 5 stars Laughsmanship!
At the hands of anyone other than this cast of stellar actors, "School for Scoundrels" would constitute lightweight fare, perhaps worthy of an amusing television sitcom. Read more
Published 8 months ago by F. S. L'hoir

5.0 out of 5 stars Ian Carmichael at his most innocent; Terry-Thomas as his most unctuous; Alastair Sim at his most Simish
"Oh, hard cheese, old chap!"

School for Scoundrels, that cheery, malicious comedy of one-upmanship, was based on Stephen Potter's classic of underhanded winning,... Read more
Published 22 months ago by C. O. DeRiemer

5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining
I bought this on DVD as a birthday present for my wife. She is a long time fan of Alistair Sim but had not seen this particular film. She was not disappointed. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Choosy

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Cheese!

This is a very funny film with an impeccable cast (Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, John Le Mesurier and many more). Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2007 by David Lusher

5.0 out of 5 stars Memorable comedy classic
Any film which stars Alistair Sim and Terry Thomas is going to be worth watching. This 1960 film is one of the best British comedies ever made. Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2007 by S J Buck

5.0 out of 5 stars Not sincerity, Palfrey!
This film is an old-fashioned treat. You thought books like "The Game" with its seduction techniques were new? Read more
Published on 23 April 2007 by William Cohen

5.0 out of 5 stars 'My Favourite Film Of All Time - Hilarious!'
Terry Thomas was rightly famous for his portrayal of the typical english 'bounder'. Charming, cunning,shifty, dishonest, greedy, sly and backstabbing the character he mastered so... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2007 by Antony May

4.0 out of 5 stars Terry Thomas's finest hour
I'm not usually the type of person to watch this sort of film with little known stars (not Terry Thomas of course!) but my husband was recommended by a friend to watch it. Read more
Published on 6 May 2004

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