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School for Scoundrels (1960)

School for Scoundrels (1960)
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In the British farce School for Scoundrels, Ian Carmichael plays a naïve young loser, Henry Palfrey, who is anxious to get ahead in the world. He enrolls in a "school" that specializes in teaching one-upmanship -- the slogan is "How to win without actually cheating." Through fair means and foul, Henry learns how to come out top dog in any situation, with such experts as (the real-life) Stephen Potter (Alastair Sim) as his guide. A perceptive series of comic blackouts exposing the essential hypocrisy in all walks of life, School for Scoundrels was based on the book by Potter. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, (more)
Director(s):
Robert Hamer
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of School for Scoundrels

In the British farce School for Scoundrels, Ian Carmichael plays a naïve young loser, Henry Palfrey, who is anxious to get ahead in the world. He enrolls in a "school" that specializes in teaching one-upmanship -- the slogan is "How to win without actually cheating." Through fair means and foul, Henry learns how to come out top dog in any situation, with such experts as (the real-life) Stephen Potter (Alastair Sim) as his guide. A perceptive series of comic blackouts exposing the essential hypocrisy in all walks of life, School for Scoundrels was based on the book by Potter. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
94 mins

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Director(s):
Robert Hamer
Writer(s):
Peter Ustinov, John Addison, Patricia Moyes
Producer(s):
Douglas Rankin
Categories:
Comedy
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    Adrian M.

    This movie is the original to the 2006 flick of the same name, and is slightly better. The story and characters are changed somewhat, but the basic jist is the same - the main character is stepped on and downtrodden, so enrolls in the 'School for Scoundrels' to learn 'oneupmanship' to get one over on his compatriots. The film flows nicely and logically. It is acted and directed well. Some parts of this movie are hilarious - particularly the car that Palfrey buys initially. I recommend this movie!

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    Patrick W.

    A classic British comedy satire on self-improvement techniques remade in 2006 with Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder. Henry Palfrey is a nice guy who is always getting beat-out by others. His employees don't respect him, his girlfriend, April, is stolen by a friend and he is sold an embarrassing overpriced antique automobile that barely runs. Then Henry finds the College of Lifemanship and its principal, the conniving Mr. Potter, played by Alastair Sim. The school teaches a wide variety of tricks to always be "one-up on everyone else", including business, sports and romance. Henry is an apt pupil and learns fast. He takes on his foes exacting revenge in clever and humerus ways. But Henry's tricks are exposed threatening the heartfelt love he has for April as Mr. Potter looks on disgusted by Henry's sincerity which he cynically views as an ineffective amateur strategy to manipulate April. I love the British. Without apology, they are who they are to the bitter end!

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    Bryan C.

    this movie was great I learned a lot, lol. It really taught me something about the 60'

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