Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
Peter O'Toole
as Arthur Chipping
Petula Clark
as Katherine Bridges
Michael Redgrave
as The Headmaster
George Baker
as Lord Sutterwick
Siân Phillips
as Ursula Mossbank
Michael Bryant
as Max Staefel
Jack Hedley
as William Baxter
Alison Leggatt
as Headmaster's Wife
Jenny Runacre
as
Clinton Greyn
as Bill Calbury
CinemaSerf
I suppose if you are going to reimagine the classic 1939 version of this story, you have to ditch some of that film’s most charming elements and bring it up to date. That’s what Herbert Ross and Leslie Bricusse have done here and for the most part it sort of works. Peter O’Toole takes on the role of...