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A school that teaches one-upmanship enables a chronic loser (Ian Carmichael) to embarrass a rival (Terry-Thomas) and woo the woman he loves.
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School for Scoundrels: Directed by Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester, Cyril Frankel. With Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott. A young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people. He begins to put the lessons into operation.
Sep 29, 2006 · 27% Tomatometer 139 Reviews. 52% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings. In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda (Jacinda Barrett), a lovelorn meter-reader (Jon Heder) enrolls in a...
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- Romance, Comedy
- PG-13
May 5, 2020 · He’s the focus of a new Film Movement BluRay boxed set collection of Brit comedies of the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, the most famous of which is the last, “School for Scoundrels,” a glorious victory lap for the old “Ealing Comedy” style, even though Ealing Studios didn’t release this one.
Sep 29, 2006 · Billy Bob Thornton's estimable talents are squandered in this shoddy comedy directed by Todd Phillips ("Old School").
School for Scoundrels (also known as School for Scoundrels Or How to Win without Actually Cheating) is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Hamer (and, uncredited, Cyril Frankel and Hal E. Chester) and starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott and Alastair Sim.
Sep 29, 2006 · In School for Scoundrels, Jon Heder plays Roger, a beleaguered New York City meter maid who is plagued by anxiety and low self esteem. In order to overcome his feelings of inadequacy, Roger enrolls in a top-secret confidence-building class taught by the suavely underhanded Dr. P (Thornton).
School for Scoundrels has some solid opportunities for real dark comedy, but blows most of them for maudlin romantic-comedy tripe, and the ones it does go for it never takes far enough.
Jan 1, 2000 · School For Scoundrels Review. Consistently humiliated in his dealings with the caddish Raymond Delauney, Henry Palfrey repairs to the College of Lifemanship to ask Stephen Potter how he can get...
Movie Review. Based on a 1960 British film, School for Scoundrels tells the story of a low-confidence NYC “meter maid” named Roger. Roger is the kind of guy who gets mugged when he writes a parking ticket, gets bullied by his co-workers and passes out when he tries to ask his pretty neighbor, Amanda, out on a date.
