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School For Scoundrels / The Green Man [DVD] [1960]

DVD ~ Alastair Sim
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams
  • Directors: Basil Dearden, Cyril Frankel, Hal E. Chester, Robert Day, Robert Hamer
  • Writers: Hal E. Chester, Frank Launder, Patricia Moyes
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 14 April 2003
  • Run Time: 166 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008IARP
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,265 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The Green Man and School for Scoundrels are gems of both British comedy and the great Alastair Sim treasury. The Green Man is a charming film that carries a wickedly subversive streak of black humour squarely on the back of Alastair Sim's disgruntled criminal mastermind. Planning to assassinate a windbag MP, his dastardly plot is embroiled in a comedy of errors when George Cole's vacuum cleaning demonstration turns up a corpse in the piano at Sim's Windyridge cottage. Teaming up with the long-legged neighbour Cole tracks down the bomb to a secret hideaway for the MP--a pub called the Green Man. This is the sort of masterful comedy that deftly gets away with confusing the audience, who are never sure whose side they should be cheering.

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 Sim's 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. 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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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 10 May 2004
I am only 19 years old yet I think the Green man is the funniest movie I have ever seen compared with today modern trash. Alsiter Sim is a national treasure and a very young George cole is hilarious as he tries to sell a vacuum caleaner to people who are not interested. There are also cameos by Arthur Lowe and Arthur Brough who went on to star as Mr Granger in Are You Being Served.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful fun, 6 May 2003
By 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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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous British Comedy, 14 Aug 2004
By Paul L. McKaskle (Berkeley, California) - See all my reviews
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As an American I am envious that Green Man and School for Scoundrels are now available on DVD in the UK. I have School for Soundrels on a Video and Green Man recorded from Channel 4--and converted by me to NTSB from PAL. They are two of the funniest movies ever made, and Alistair Sim may be the most delightfully droll actor ever to appear on film. To think, both of the movies on one DVD! I can't say enough about how wonderful each movie is. I only hope that the DVD will be released in the US. If this is a successful DVD, maybe Sim's equally delightful "Green for Danger" will also get released. (The UK seems to be running ahead of the US in releasing classic movies on DVD--I have also noticed with envy that FanFan la Tulipe with Gerard Philipe is now available in the UK--all I have is a video ofan old BBC broadcast of this wonderful movie.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Green Man - worth waiting for
My husband and I saw The Green Man when it first came out in 1956 and have quoted lines from it many times over the years. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Alastair Sim at the Double!

These are two quality comedy films:

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4.0 out of 5 stars Would have rated 5 stars but for...
...the careless transfer of "School for Scoundrels". This film was composed for presentation at 1.66:1, but for some reason Warners used a cropped print. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Film comedy as it SHOULD be done.
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4.0 out of 5 stars the green man /school for scoundrels
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