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1955 Comedy 1h 20m

Fun at St. Fanny's

Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.

5.0 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Fred Emney

Dr. Septimus Jankers

Cardew Robinson

Cardew the Cad

Miriam Karlin

'The Private Eye'

Gabrielle Brune

Matron

Vera Day

Maisie

Aud Johansen

Mlle. Praline

Claude Hulbert

Mr. Winkle

Freddie Mills

Harry the Scar

Davy Kaye

Ferdy

Johnny Brandon

Fanshaw

Ronnie Corbett

Chumleigh

Roger Avon

Horsetrough

Stanley Unwin

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Peter Butterworth

The Potter

Paul Daneman

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