CinemaOSMovie · 1935 · 1h 20m

Boys Will Be Boys

64%(17)IMDbComedy

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.

Directed byWilliam Beaudine

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
EN
Released
July 1, 1935
Studios
Gainsborough Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Will Hay

Will Hay

Dr. Alec Smart

Gordon Harker

Gordon Harker

Faker Brown

Jimmy Hanley

Jimmy Hanley

Cyril Brown

Davy Burnaby

Davy Burnaby

Col. Crableigh

Norma Varden

Norma Varden

Lady Dorking

Claude Dampier

Theo P. Finch

Charles Farrell

Charles Farrell

Louis Brown

Clive Dunn

Clive Dunn

Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited)

Creative team
Directed by
William Beaudine
William Beaudine
Written by
Will Hay
Will Hay
Robert Edmunds

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