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To Sir, With Love (Original title)
Dates: 1967 (Copyright), 29 October 1967 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: James Clavell

Synopsis: A black supply teacher in a London secondary modern school succeeds in preparing his class for adult life.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
East London, Teaching, Schools, Black people, Teenagers, School leavers
Credits (33)
©: Columbia (British) Productions, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Executive Producer: John R. Sloan, Produced by: James Clavell, Production Manager: Basil Rayburn, Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis, Continuity: Yvonne Richards, Casting: Harvey Woods, Written for the screen by: James Clavell, From the novel by: E.R. Braithwaite, Director of Photography: Paul Beeson, Camera Operator: Harry Gillam, Montage Stills: Laurie Ridley, Dennis C. Stone, Editor: Peter Thornton, Montage: George White, Assistant Editor: David Campling, Art Director: Tony Woollard, Set Dresser: Ian Whittaker, Wardrobe Supervisor: John Wilson Apperson, Make-up: Jill Carpenter, Make-up: Betty Glasow, Titles by: National Screen Service Ltd., Music by: Ron Grainer, End title song performance: Lulu, Conducted by: Philip Martell, [Music] Recorded at: CTS Studios (Wembley), Sound Recordist: Bert Ross, Ted Karnon, Logo: Westrex Recording System, Sound Editor: Dino Di Campo, Filmed at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (43)
Sidney Poitier (Mark Thackeray), Christian Roberts (Denham), Judy Geeson (Pamela Dare), Suzy Kendall (Gillian Blanchard), Ann Bell (Mrs Dare), Geoffrey Bayldon (Weston), Faith Brook (Mrs Evans), Patricia Routledge (Clinty), Christopher Chittell (Potter), Adrienne Posta (Moira Jackson), Edward Burnham (Florian), Rita Webb (Mrs Joseph), Fiona Duncan (Miss Phillips), Fred Griffiths, Mona Bruce (Jose Dawes), Marianne Stone (Gert), Dervis Ward, Peter Attard (Ingham), Sally Cann, Grahame Charles (Fernham), Michael Des Barres, Margaret Heald, Ellison Kemp, Albert Lampert, Chitra Neogy, Elna Pearl, Bonita Shawe, Anthony Villaroel (Seales), Richard Willson, Stewart Bevan, Carla Challoner, Joseph Cuby, Sally Gosselin, Kevin Hubbard, Howard Knight, Lynn Sue Moon, Jane Peach, Gareth Robinson (Tich), Roger Shepherd (Buckley), Stephen Whittaker, The Mindbenders, Lulu (Barbara Pegg), Cyril Shaps ([Mr Pinkus])