Main Cast
John Mills
John Hampden
Yvonne Mitchell
Mrs. Stella Hampden
Alastair Sim
Dr. Skillingworth
Jeremy Spenser
L. W. Daventry
Andrew Ray
Max Hampden
Peter Asher
Johnny Hampden
Marie Lohr
Grandmother
Sonia Williams
Miss Betts
James Drake
Kirkland
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
This is quite a fun little gem stolen, as usual, by Alastair Sim as the headmaster "Dr. Skillingworth". This time, though, he is not in his "St. Trinians" guise - here he has to manage three typically mischievous brothers who have a grand design. That plan is not so much anti-education, but aimed at their ever rowing parents: pacifist John Mills and the kindly, but at the end of her tether Yvonne Mitchell whose marriage appears to be teetering on the edge of divorce. It's quite a clever premiss - do parents who send their kids away to school gain or lose from their respective experiences? Mills isn't up to much, sadly - he over-acts the role, but the boys do well as does their pal "L.W. Hartley" (Jeremy Spenser) and Colin Gordon's meddling journalist "Deeson". I hadn't heard of this until yesterday, but I'm glad I watched it.
