The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
73 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert HamerDirector
- Patricia MoyesScreenplay
- Hal E. ChesterScreenplay
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ian CarmichaelHenry Palfrey
- Terry-ThomasRaymond Delauney
- Alastair SimS. Potter
- Janette ScottApril Smith
- Dennis PriceDunstan
- Peter JonesDudley
- Edward ChapmanGloatbridge
- John Le MesurierSkinner
- Irene HandlMrs Stringer
- Kynaston ReevesGeneral
- Hattie JacquesMiss Grimmet
- Hugh PaddickPickthorn
Stills
Themes
london, englandtenniscompetitionloserromancecar salesmandirty tricksblack and whiteself help gurucad