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Directed by
Frank Launder 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Dighton  play
Frank Launder  writer

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Alastair Sim ... Wetherby Pond
Margaret Rutherford ... Muriel Whitchurch
Guy Middleton ... Victor Hyde-Brown
Joyce Grenfell ... Miss Gossage
Edward Rigby ... Rainbow (school porter)
Muriel Aked ... Miss Jezzard
John Bentley ... Richard Tassell
Bernadette O'Farrell ... Miss Harper
Richard Wattis ... Arnold Billings
Gladys Henson ... Mrs. Hampstead (school housekeeper)
John Turnbull ... Conrad Matthews
Percy Walsh ... Monsieur Joue
Arthur Howard ... Anthony Ramsden
Myrette Morven ... Miss Chapel
Laurence Naismith ... Dr. Collett (school governor)
Patricia Owens ... Angela Parry
Kenneth Downey ... Sir Angus McNally (school governor)
Stringer Davis ... Rev. Rich (school governor)
Angela Glynne ... Barbara Colhoun
Harold Goodwin ... Edwin (assistant school porter)
Margaret Anderson ... Alice
Patience Rentoul ... Miss Armstrong
Lilian Stanley ... Miss Curtis
Stanley Lemin ... Mr. Parry
Olwen Brookes ... Mrs. Parry
Alan Broadhurst ... Mr. Ibbertson
Vivien Wood ... Mrs. Ibbertson
Nan Munro ... Mrs. Jones
Russell Waters ... Mr. West
George Benson ... Mr. Tripp
Betty Blackler ... Mary
Fred Marshall ... Metcalf
John Rhodes ... Cranbourne
Jim Davis ... Talbot
Keith Faulkner ... Unsworth
William Simonds ... Oliver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlotte Mitchell ... Ethel
Mackenzie Ward ... Benson
George Cole ... Junior assistant caretaker at Ministry of Education (uncredited)
Beryl Ede ... Political canvasser (uncredited)
Pat Pleasence ... Young girl (uncredited)
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Produced by
Sidney Gilliat .... producer
Stephen Harrison .... producer
Frank Launder .... producer
E.M. Smedley-Aston .... associate producer
Mario Zampi .... producer
 
Original Music by
Mischa Spoliansky 
 
Cinematography by
Stanley Pavey 
 
Film Editing by
Oswald Hafenrichter 
 
Art Direction by
Joseph Bato 
 
Costume Design by
Joan Ellacott 
 
Makeup Department
Dorrie Hamilton .... makeup artist
Betty Sherriff .... hair stylist
Tom Smith .... assistant makeup artist
 
Production Management
C.R. Foster-Kemp .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cecil F. Ford .... assistant director (as Cecil Ford)
C.R. Foster-Kemp .... assistant director
George More O'Ferrall .... second unit director
Clifford Price .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
William Hutchinson .... assistant art director
Peter Wood .... scenic artist (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Leonard Bulkley .... sound recordist (as L.B. Bulkley)
George Burgess .... sound supervisor
S.R. Fowster .... sound maintenance
Gordon Hay .... sound camera operator
Fred Tomlin .... boom operator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Monty Berman .... camera operator
Anthony Hopking .... still photographer
G.B. Scarlett .... grip
Gerry Turpin .... focus puller
Terry Turtle .... camera department head
Egil S. Woxholt .... clapper loader
Desmond Davis .... clapper loader (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Ronald Searle .... background artist: titles
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bert Rooke .... wardrobe master
 
Editorial Department
Teddy Mason .... second assistant editor
George Fisher .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Hubert Clifford .... conductor
 
Other crew
Carole Acason .... script supervisor
Angela Allen .... continuity
Enid Jones .... publicist (uncredited)
 

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