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Boys Will Be Boys
1935 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | William Beaudine |
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| Writer: | Robert Edmunds, Will Hay |
| Staring: |
| Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 01, 1935 |
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| Director: | William Beaudine |
| Writer: | Robert Edmunds, Will Hay |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | prison, gambling, rugby, teacher, school, public school, card playing, lesson, headmaster, jewels, diamonds, deputy head |
| Production Companies | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Will Hay | Dr. Alec Smart |
| Gordon Harker | Faker Brown |
| Jimmy Hanley | Cyril Brown |
| Davy Burnaby | Col. Crableigh |
| Norma Varden | Lady Dorking |
| Claude Dampier | Theo P. Finch |
| Charles Farrell | Louis Brown |
| Clive Dunn | Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| William Beaudine | Director |
| Louis Levy | Original Music Composer |
| Bretton Byrd | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Edmunds | Writer |
| Alfred Roome | Editor |
| Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction |
| Charles Van Enger | Director of Photography |
| Will Hay | Writer |
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