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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, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character created by... See more »
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Dr. Alec Smart
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Faker Brown
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Cyril Brown
Davy Burnaby ...
Col. Crableigh
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Lady Dorking
Claude Dampier ...
Theo P. Finch
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Louis Brown
Percy Walsh ...
Prison Governor
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Rugby Player in Striped Shirt (uncredited)
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Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited)
Dick Emery ...
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Peter Gawthorne ...
Bit Role (uncredited)
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Basil McGrail ...
Schoolboy (uncredited)
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Whitey (uncredited)
Ben Williams ...
Prisoner (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Beaudine

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J.B. Morton ... (based on the "Narkover" characterisations of "BEACHCOMBER")
 
Will Hay ... (screen play)
 
Robert Edmunds ... (writer) (uncredited)

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Michael Balcon ... producer (uncredited)

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Louis Levy
Bretton Byrd ... (uncredited)
Charles Williams ... (uncredited)

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Charles Van Enger ... (photography) (as Chas. Van Enger)

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Alfred Roome ... (as A. Roome)

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Fred Lawrence ... (uncredited)

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Alex Vetchinsky ... (as A. Vetchinsky)

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Roy Ashton ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

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Fred Gunn ... production manager (uncredited)

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Roy Ward Baker ... third assistant director (uncredited)

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Bill Salter ... recordist (as W. Salter)
Claude Hitchcock ... sound assistant (uncredited)

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Jack Beaver ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Bretton Byrd ... music editor (uncredited)
Louis Levy ... composer: additional music (uncredited) / musical director (uncredited)

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Muriel Box ... continuity (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

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

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  • Narkover (United Kingdom)
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Trivia Davy Burnaby, who plays Colonel Crableigh, would die on 18 April 1949, the same day as Will Hay. See more »
Goofs When the Old Narkovians rugby teams file into the refectory for the founder's day celebratory meal prior to the rugby match the very first player in the horizontal-striped jersey unintentionally trips over as he is filing towards his chair. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Up the Old Narkovians 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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