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Gormless 25-year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson inheritance, 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. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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Claude Hulbert
UK
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Champagne (1928)
Ronnie Corbett
UK
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Anthony Valentine
UK
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Marianne Stone
UK
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Paul Daneman
UK
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Cardew Robinson
UK
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Miriam Karlin
UK
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Peter Butterworth
UK
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Melvyn Hayes
UK
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Stuart Saunders
UK
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Neil Wilson
UK
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Roger Avon
UK
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Dino Galvani
Italy
Vera Day
UK
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Tom Gill
UK
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Douglas Ives
UK
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Fred Emney
UK
Kynaston Reeves
UK
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