"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.
Arthur Chipping

Katherine Bridges

The Headmaster

Lord Sutterwick

Ursula Mossbank

Max Staefel

William Baxter

Headmaster's Wife

Unknown Role

Bill Calbury

Mrs. Paunceforth

Johnny Longbridge

Mrs. Summerswaithe
General Paunceforth

Algie

Pompeii Guide

Sutterwick Jr.
David
Farley

Schoolboy (uncredited)
Schoolboy (uncredited)

Schoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Girl at Party (uncredited)

Elder Master (uncredited)
Tardy Student (uncredited)

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Lady Sutterwick (uncredited)

Miss Honeybun (uncredited)

Schoolboy (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)

Schoolboy (uncredited)
Johnson (uncredited)

Schoolboy (uncredited)
Price (uncredited)

Gresham (uncredited)

Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Jenkins (voice) (uncredited)

Tilly (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)

Schoolboy (uncredited)
Head Boy (uncredited)