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Please Sir! (1971)

| Comedy | 10 September 1971 (UK)
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Mr Hedges takes his class on a field trip, with disastrous consequences.

Director:

Mark Stuart

Writers:

John Esmonde (original story & screenplay), Bob Larbey (original story & screenplay)

Stars:

John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Alderton ... Bernard Hedges
Deryck Guyler ... Norman Potter
Noel Howlett ... Mr. Cromwell
Joan Sanderson ... Doris Ewell
Richard Davies Richard Davies ... Mr. Price
Erik Chitty ... Mr. Smith
Patsy Rowlands ... Angela Cutforth
Peter Cleall Peter Cleall ... Eric Duffy
Carol Hawkins Carol Hawkins ... Sharon Eversleigh
Liz Gebhardt Liz Gebhardt ... Maureen Bullock
David Barry David Barry ... Frankie Abbott
Peter Denyer Peter Denyer ... Dennis Dunstable
Malcolm McFee Malcolm McFee ... Peter Craven
Aziz Resham Aziz Resham ... Feisal
Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde ... Wesley
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Storyline

Mr Hedges takes his class on a field trip, with disastrous consequences.

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holiday camp | class trip | illiteracy | school trip | crush | See All (43) »

Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1971 (UK) See more »

Filming Locations:

Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Rank Organisation, L.W. International, Grade See more »
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Trivia

Patsy Rowlands's besotted art/domestic science teacher Miss Cutforth does not feature in the parent TV series. See more »

Goofs

When the bus is pulled over by the Police, and Wesley is delivered back to them the weather changes quickly between sunny/overcast several times. See more »

Quotes

Eric Duffy: All right, the experiment has worked with us, but we're just kids. I still maintain we can get more significant results with a mature, intelligent, adult.
Dennis Dunstable: You mean, like one of the teachers?
Eric Duffy: I said *intelligent*, Den!
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Connections

Referenced in The Offence (1973) See more »

Soundtracks

School's Out (Please Sir! Theme)
(uncredited)
Music by Sam Fonteyn
Standard Music Library
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As good as an Ealing Comedy in its own way
28 June 2008 | by johnrowb – See all my reviews

Highly under-rated British comedy with many memorable characterisations, not a bad script, and a wonderful feel-good factor.

John Alderton is pretty much faultless as Hedges - this is fine comic acting.

Especially enjoyable if you grew up in the 1970s. Standout sequence for me is when Hedges (and we) think 5c have gone to bed for the night and he heads off to the pub with Price... only to bump into his pupils there. Nicely done.

Other amusing sequences also, and I can sum up the film using an expression of Dennis's (one of the characters)... "Yeah! Double NEAT!!"
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