Comedy /

Score: 63%( 54 votes )

Overview: When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!

Cast:

Kenneth Connor
Gregory Adams

Charles Hawtrey
Michael Bean

Leslie Phillips
Alistair Grigg

Joan Sims
Sarah Allcock

Kenneth Williams
Edwin Milton

Hattie Jacques
Grace Short

Rosalind Knight
Felicity Wheeler

Cyril Chamberlain
Alf Hudson

Ted Ray
William 'Wakie' Wakefield, the Headmaster

George Howell
Billy Haig - Saboteur

Diana Beevers
Penelope 'Penny' Lee - Saboteur

Jacqueline Lewis
Pat Gordon - Saboteur

Roy Hines
Harry Bird - Saboteur

Carol White
Sheila Dale - Saboteur

Richard O'Sullivan
Robin Stevens - Saboteur

Francesca Annis
Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Lorna Henderson
Pianiste (uncredited)

Diane Langton
Schoolgirl (uncredited)