Underplayed Gems

Carry On Teacher (1959)

Carry On Teacher poster
Directed by
Gerald Thomas
Genre
comedy film, parody film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
16
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A mix-up at a British secondary school leads to teachers and students trading places after a headmaster's cane is accidentally destroyed. The resulting chaos includes a day of classroom anarchy and farcical discipline.

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What happens

Carry On Teacher is a 1959 British comedy film, the third in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It was released at the Plaza Cinema in London on 3 September 1959. It features Ted Ray in his only Carry On role, alongside series regulars; Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques. Leslie Phillips and Joan Sims make their second appearances in the series here, having made their debuts in the previous entry, Carry On Nurse. A young Richard O'Sullivan and Larry Dann – making the first of his four Carry On appearances – turn up as pupils. In 2023, Dann dedicated a chapter of his autobiography Oh, What A Lovely Memoir to share his memories of this production. The film was followed by Carry On Constable (1960). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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