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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.
Theatrical
Jul 11, 1960
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 27, 2007
Director
Writers
Producers
Hal E. Chester, Douglas Rankin
Music
Studio
Guardsman Films, Associated British Picture Corporation
Cast
Full credits →I
Ian Carmichael
Henry Palfrey
T
Terry-Thomas
Raymond Delauney
A
Alastair Sim
S. Potter
J
Janette Scott
April Smith
D
Dennis Price
Dunstan
P
Peter Jones
Dudley
E
Edward Chapman
Gloatbridge
J
John Le Mesurier
Skinner
I
Irene Handl
Mrs Stringer
K
Kynaston Reeves
General
H
Hattie Jacques
Miss Grimmet
H
Hugh Paddick
Pickthorn
B
Barbara Roscoe
Barbara
G
Gerald Campion
Proudfoot
M
Monte Landis
Fleetsnod
J
Jeremy Lloyd
Dingle
C
Charles Lamb
Carpenter
A
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Alice
A
Aubrey Woods
Brazier
V
Vilma Ann Leslie
Secretary
