He is a shy schoolmaster. She is a music hall star. They marry and immediately have 283 children...all boys!
6.6
155 min
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Peter O'Toole | Arthur Chipping | Unowned |
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Petula Clark | Katherine Bridges | Unowned |
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Michael Redgrave | The Headmaster | Unowned |
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George Baker | Lord Sutterwick | Unowned |
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Siân Phillips | Ursula Mossbank | Unowned |
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Michael Bryant | Max Staefel | Unowned |
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Jack Hedley | William Baxter | Unowned |
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Alison Leggatt | Headmaster's Wife | Unowned |
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Jenny Runacre | Unowned | |
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Clinton Greyn | Bill Calbury | Unowned |
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Barbara Couper | Mrs. Paunceforth | Unowned |
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Michael Culver | Johnny Longbridge | Unowned |
| Elspeth March | Mrs. Summerswaithe | Unowned | |
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Clive Morton | General Paunceforth | Unowned |
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Ronnie Stevens | Algie | Unowned |
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Mario Maranzana | Pompeii Guide | Unowned |
| John Gugolka | Sutterwick Jr. | Unowned | |
| Michael Ridgeway | David | Unowned | |
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Tom Owen | Farley | Unowned |
| Michael Audreson | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Julian Barnes | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Pierre Bedenes | Schoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Gillian Blake | Girl at Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Leo Britt | Elder Master (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Nicholas Frankau | Tardy Student (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gary Graham | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Elspet Gray | Lady Sutterwick (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Patricia Hayes | Miss Honeybun (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Mark Danvers Heron | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Barbara Knox | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Lawrence Lambert | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Jeremy Lloyd | Johnson (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Craig Marriott | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Jack May | Price (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Moulder-Brown | Gresham (uncredited) | Unowned |
| James Payne | Man in Theatre (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Jeremy Ranchev | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Stephen Reed | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Robert Rietti | Jenkins (voice) (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Sheila Steafel | Tilly (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Royston Tickner | Policeman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Vernon | Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Raymond Ward | Schoolboy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Robert Wisepart | Head Boy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ray Mitchell | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |