It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
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Max Bygraves as John Saunders
Geoffrey Keen as Arthur Gregory
Donald Pleasence as Mr. Jenkins
Betty McDowall as Ann Collins
Peter Reynolds as Alec Murray
Jean Anderson as Mrs. Pond
Eleanor Summerfield as Mrs. Harkness
Mary Merrall as Miss Fogg
Richard O'Sullivan as Fred Harkness
Claire Marshall as Margaret
Jeremy Bulloch as Angell
Michael Craze as Thatcher
Bryan Pringle as Drunken Father
Aubrey Woods as Mr. Bickerstaff
United Kingdom 23 May 1961
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