Thursday 13 March 2014

School for Scoundrels
Dir: Robert Hamer
1960
*****
School for Scoundrels is classic British comedy at its very best. Terry-Thomas's depiction of the ultimate Cad is reason enough to watch but you've also got the wonderfully eccentric Alastair Sim and the discreet charm of Ian Carmichael, who is nobody's stooge. Great performances and great scenes, it's one of those films that's hard to forget after just one viewing and is sometimes embarrassingly quotable. It's not all performance though, it's the brilliant script that is at the core of its success. It's hard to pick a favorite scene but it would probably be the immortal image of Terry-Thomas's aggressive tennis match. Hard cheese old boy.

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