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Boys Will Be Boys (1935)

80 min  -  Comedy
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Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role... See full summary »

Director:

William Beaudine

Writers:

Robert Edmunds, Will Hay, and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Will Hay, Gordon Harker and Jimmy Hanley
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Cast

Credited cast:
Will Hay Will Hay ...
Dr. Alec Smart
Gordon Harker Gordon Harker ...
Faker Brown
Jimmy Hanley Jimmy Hanley ...
Cyril Brown
Davy Burnaby Davy Burnaby ...
Col. Crableigh
Norma Varden Norma Varden ...
Lady Dorking
Claude Dampier Claude Dampier ...
Theo P. Finch
Charles Farrell Charles Farrell ...
Louis Brown
Percy Walsh Percy Walsh ...
Prison Governor
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Charles Hawtrey Charles Hawtrey
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Storyline

Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character created by John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton (J.B. Morton, "Beachcomber") Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>  

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Genres:

Comedy

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Narkover See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gainsborough Pictures See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Goofs

Continuity: In corridor shots the large nameplate on the headmaster's study door reads 'Dr Alex Smart'. On shots of the open door from within the study 'Alexander' is written in full. See more »

Quotes

Theo P. Finch: [Finch's hobby is keeping rabbits] You know, I started with Rover and only one other rabbit, and now I have seventeen. Isn't it marvellous?
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Connections

Featured in A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Up the Old Narkovians"
(uncredited)
Written by Leslie Sarony and Leslie Holmes See more »