He is a shy schoolmaster. She is a music hall star. They marry and immediately have 283 children...all boys!
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
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Cast
- Peter O'TooleArthur Chipping
- Petula ClarkKatherine Bridges
- Michael RedgraveThe Headmaster
- George BakerLord Sutterwick
- Siân PhillipsUrsula Mossbank
- Michael BryantMax Staefel
- Jack HedleyWilliam Baxter
- Alison LeggattHeadmaster's Wife
- Jenny Runacre
- Clinton GreynBill Calbury
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- Herbert RossDirector
- Terence RattiganScreenplay
- James HiltonNovel
- Oswald MorrisDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Ralph KemplenEditor
- Arthur P. JacobsProducer
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