The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike NewellDirector
- David LelandWriter
- Andy J. ClarkOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jim BroadbentGeoff Figg
- Robert StephensVic Griffiths
- Bruce MyersTwentyman
- Richard ButlerMr Griff
- Fred PearsonMr Hodgeson
- Peggy Ann CliffordMiss Martlett
- William HoylandMr James
- Bruce PayneBarratt
- Ray MortWhittaker
- Suzanna HamiltonAlison Cooper
- Kay StonhamMiss Denton
- Jesse BirdsallBarry
Stills
Themes
riotsex educationschooljuvenile delinquentcorporal punishment