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Film Description
1960s corporal punishment drama. New teacher Max Bygraves arrives at a tough East London school to find that his modern education methods are not welcome. Sadistic master Geoffrey Keen grabs the rod and thrashes pupils at the slightest sight of trouble, supported by hesitant Headmaster Donald Pleasence. Bygraves eventually makes good progress with the pupils but is fired after a school riot caused by Keen's brutality.
Again, the DVD medium brushes off and spruces up a once famous British film that has long languished in obscurity. Interestingly enough, this drama about the struggles... more >
Again, the DVD medium brushes off and spruces up a once famous British film that has long languished in obscurity. Interestingly enough, this drama about the struggles of a young teacher with a tough and uncooperative class had experienced censorship battles in its day, even before it was made into a film. Such conflicts will seem quaint today, but this British take on Richard Brooks' Blackboard Jungle has interest for a contemporary audience, not least as a time capsule. The singer Max Bygraves gets by (just) in the Glenn Ford role as a humane teacher trying to reach his violent and bolshie pupils, but the best performance probably comes from Donald Pleasance as the conflicted headmaster; initially presented unsympathetically, but shown to have more nuance as the film progresses. < less
