A French Mistress (1960)
- Directed by
- Roy Boulting
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A new French teacher arrives at a British boys' school. The staff and students become entangled in comedic misunderstandings and flirtations.
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What happens
A French Mistress is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Cecil Parker, James Robertson Justice, Agnès Laurent, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl and Thorley Walters. It is based on a stage play, The French Mistress by Sonnie Hale under the pen name Robert Monro, first produced in May 1955 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, starring Hale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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