TMDb Rating
6.9/10
70 verified votes
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Comedy
94 min
"Learn to gain weight by LOSING scruples!"
Plot Summary
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
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Keywords to include
ComedyRobert HamerIan CarmichaelTerry-Thomas1960
Director
Robert Hamer
Top Cast
Ian CarmichaelTerry-ThomasAlastair SimJanette ScottDennis Price
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