Carry On Teacher (1959)

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

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.

comediclightheartedbriskwhimsicalplayfulnostalgiccheekyfarcical

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)

Trailer

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