Spare the Rod (1961)
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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John Saunders -
Mr. Jenkins -
Arthur Gregory -
Ann Collins -
Alec Murray -
Mrs. Pond -
Mrs. Harkness
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Miss Fogg -
Fred Harkness -
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Angell
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Director:
Leslie NormanWriters:
John Cresswell (screenplay), Michael Croft (based on the book by)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
John Saunders' class shout out "Tell me a story! Tell me a story!" This echoes the real-life catchphrase of Max Bygraves "I wanna tell you a story".
Quotes
Mr. Jenkins:
Be quiet! Somebody gives you something interesting to do for once and you all behave like a pack of lunatics!
Goofs
The opening scene has a lollipop man holding up the traffic to allow children to cross the road however he stops and walks off as some children start to cross the road and the traffic almost runs into them, the lollipop man would not leave his post until all the children had crossed and the cars would not deliberately aim for the kids.
Crazy Credits
Opening credits cast list ends with "and the Rest of Class II.
Soundtracks
Jerusalem(uncredited)
Music by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Words by William Blake
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Genres
DramaDetails
Release Date:
18 June 1961Language
English
Country of Origin
UKFilming Locations
Shepperton Studios, Studios Road, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKContribute to this page
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