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Carry On Teacher

Carry On Teacher

Comedy · 1959

When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!

Movie details

Carry On Teacher

“That laugh-crazy "Carry On" shower at their hilarious best!”

1959 Comedy 1h 26m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Gerald Thomas

Written by

Norman Hudis

Kenneth Connor

Kenneth Connor

Mr. Gregory Adams

Charles Hawtrey

Charles Hawtrey

Mr. Michael Bean

Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

Mr. Alistair Grigg

Joan Sims

Joan Sims

Miss Sarah Allcock

Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

Mr. Edwin Milton

Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Miss Grace Short

Rosalind Knight

Rosalind Knight

Miss Felicity Wheeler

Court is in session

Put Carry On Teacher on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.