Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

Top credits

Directors

Gerald Thomas

Writers

Norman Hudis

Cast

Kenneth Williams — Edwin Milton
Leslie Phillips — Alistair Grigg
Kenneth Connor — Gregory Adams
Charles Hawtrey — Michael Bean

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Did you know

• During the filming, Charles Hawtrey's mother would often visit the set. Whilst enjoying a cigarette, she accidentally dropped lit ash from the cigarette into her handbag. Joan Sims who was the first to spot the incident yelled, "Charlie Charlie, your mother's bag is on fire!". Hawtry poured his cup of tea into the bag, snapped it shut, and carried on.

• A song on Morrissey's first album entitled "Late Night Maudlin Street" is named after the school in this film.

• The name Allcock was questioned by the 1950s' censors, especially how much the characters constantly say it with such precision on the "cock" part, but they eventually allowed it to pass.