Directed by:
John MackenzieCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Michael J. LewisCast:
David Hemmings, David Jackson, Michael Kitchen, Tony Haygarth, Carolyn Seymour, Douglas Wilmer, Barbara Lott, Hamilton Dyce, David Auker, Donald Gee (more)Plots(1)
When a young man takes a vacant teaching spot at a British public school he quickly learns he may have gotten into more than he expected when upper class schoolboys threaten him with harm if he doesn't do as they wish. John Ebony has quit his job in the world of advertising and has followed his ambition to be become a teacher, moving with his wife, Silvia to a remote coastal Catholic all-boys boarding school to take up his first post. A fish out of water in the stuffy, 17th Century walls of the school, he is allotted form 5B whose previous teacher, Mr Pelham, he soon learns, fell to his death over a cliff whilst wandering too close to the edge during foggy conditions. His first day sees some minor winding-up from the boys, mostly centered around the fact that Ebony is conducting class in a manner entirely different to Mr Pelham. Undeterred, Ebony ploughs on but when one day asserting his authority by threatening to keep the class back for a Saturday afternoon detention, one of the boys informs him that the previous teacher had also once attempted this which had been the catalyst to them murdering him... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
David Hemmings
UK
Best movies:
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David Jackson
UK
Best movies:
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Michael Kitchen
UK
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Tony Haygarth
UK
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Carolyn Seymour
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Barbara Lott
UK
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Hamilton Dyce
UK
Best movies:
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David Auker
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Donald Gee
UK
Best movies:
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Hubert Rees
UK
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Tom Owen
UK
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