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Carry on Teacher

  • 1959
  • 1h 26m
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6.2/10
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Carry on Teacher (1959)
Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.
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Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

  • Director
    • Gerald Thomas
  • Writer
    • Norman Hudis
  • Stars
    • Kenneth Williams
    • Leslie Phillips
    • Kenneth Connor
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gerald Thomas
    • Writer
      • Norman Hudis
    • Stars
      • Kenneth Williams
      • Leslie Phillips
      • Kenneth Connor
    • 39User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Top Cast74

    Kenneth Williams
    Kenneth Williams
    • Edwin Milton
    Leslie Phillips
    Leslie Phillips
    • Alistair Grigg
    Kenneth Connor
    Kenneth Connor
    • Gregory Adams
    Charles Hawtrey
    Charles Hawtrey
    • Michael Bean
    Joan Sims
    Joan Sims
    • Sarah Allcock
    Hattie Jacques
    Hattie Jacques
    • Grace Short
    Rosalind Knight
    Rosalind Knight
    • Felicity Wheeler
    Cyril Chamberlain
    • Alf Hudson
    Ted Ray
    • William Wakefield
    Richard O'Sullivan
    Richard O'Sullivan
    • Robin Stevens - Saboteur
    George Howell
    • Billy Haig - Saboteur
    Diana Beevers
    • Penelope Lee - Saboteur
    Jacqueline Lewis
    • Pat Gordon - Saboteur
    Roy Hines
    • Harry Bird - Saboteur
    Carol White
    Carol White
    • Sheila Dale - Saboteur
    Jane White
    • Irene Ambrose - Saboteur
    Paul Cole
    Paul Cole
    • John Atkins - Saboteur
    Larry Dann
    Larry Dann
    • Student - Saboteur
    • Director
      • Gerald Thomas
    • Writer
      • Norman Hudis
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      During the filming, Charles Hawtrey's mother would often visit the set. Whilst enjoying a cigarette, she accidentally dropped lit ash from the cigarette into her handbag. Joan Sims who was the first to spot the incident yelled, "Charlie Charlie, your mother's bag is on fire!". Hawtrey poured his cup of tea into the bag, snapped it shut, and carried on.
    • Goofs
      The only staff seen throughout the film are played by Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey with Ted Ray as the head. but when Rosalind Knight, the school inspector, enters the head's study for a staff meeting there's a stranger sitting in the corner. He's not seen or heard of during the meeting or later.
    • Quotes
      • Grace Short: Mr Wakefield, these children discovered you were planning to leave. They don't want you to leave. It's as simple as that. They feel, as does the entire school, that Maudlin Street wouldn't be the same without you. They thought of getting up a petition, but decided that wasn't certain to succeed. Besides such an action was considered by them to be soft, not the Maudlin Street way. So, with all the circumstances in their favour, they decided to make sure you would never obtain a post anywhere else, and launched their campaign to that end, with the whole school behind them. You may wish to proceed with punishing these boys. Personally, I would count my years in the profession well spent if they do half as much to make me stay among them.
    • Crazy credits
      The Saboteurs...
    • Connections
      Featured in That's Carry On! (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      Ten Green Bottles
      (uncredited)
      Traditional
      [Sung by the students in the music class]

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Ist ja irre - Lauter liebenswerte Lehrer
    • Filming locations
      • Drayton Green Primary School, West Ealing, London, England, UK(exteriors of Maudlin Street School)
    • Production companies
      • Peter Rogers Productions
      • Beaconsfield Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 26m(86 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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