To Sir, with Love (1967)

Directed by

James Clavell

Genre

drama film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 351 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teacher takes a job at a tough London school where the students are unruly and disrespectful. He slowly wins them over by treating them as adults and earning their trust.

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What happens

To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in a secondary school in the East End of London. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Patricia Routledge and singer Lulu making her film debut. James Clavell directed from his own screenplay, which was based on E. R. Braithwaite's 1959 autobiographical novel of the same title. The film was a box office hit, earning $42.4 million on a $0.6 million budget, while the title song "To Sir with Love", sung by Lulu, peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks in the autumn of 1967 and ultimately was the best-selling single in the US that year. Poitier portrayed Mark Thackeray, a charismatic schoolteacher to troubled youth in the East End of London. The collective critical response, from contemporary reviewers through to later analysis, is collectively favourable. A made-for-television sequel, To Sir, with Love II, was released in 1996, with Poitier, Lulu and Judy Geeson reprising their roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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