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Please Sir! (Original title)
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 09 January 1972 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Mark Stuart

Synopsis: Farcical comedy, based on the television series telling of the adventures of a young schoolmaster and his unruly school children. Mr Hedges and other teachers take 5C to camp in the countryside at a special Outdoor Centre.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Gypsies, School Children
Releases
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9106 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (63)
©: LWI Productions, Production Company: L.W.I.-Leslie Grade, Distributed by: Rank Film Distributors, Executive Producer: Leslie Grade, Executive Producer: Richard Bates, Produced by: Andrew Mitchell, Production Manager: John Wilcox, Standby Stagehand: E.A. Bonner, Production Secretary: Monica Rogers, Producer's Secretary: Jill Thompson, Sound Recordist: Pat Kelly, 1st Assistant Director: Pat Kelly, 2nd Assistant Director: Nicholas Granby, 3rd Assistant Director: Derek Cotty, Continuity: Phyllis Townshend, Casting Director: Diana Parry, Richard Price, Original Story and Screenplay by: John Esmonde, Bob Larbey, Director of Photography: Wilkie Cooper, Camera Operator: Frank Drake, Focus Puller: Peter Hazel, Clapper/Loader: David Lenham, Gaffer: Ron Hutton, Supervising Electrician: John Tythe, Grip: Mike Beauchamp, Stills Photography: Tom Cadman, Standby Rigging: H.S. Lee, Editor: Richard Best, 1st Assistant Editor: Brian Peachey, 2nd Assistant Editor: Christopher Ackland, Art Director: Denys Pavitt, Assistant Art Director: Bill Bennison, Assistant Art Director: Helen Thomas, Set Decorator: Helen Thomas, Chargehand Dresser: P. Weymouth, Scenic Artist: Jock Kay, Production Buyer: Dennis Griffin, Standby Properties: J.R. Rivers, Construction Manager: Harry Phipps, Standby Painter: G. Hooper, Standby Carpenter: R.E. Johnson, Wardrobe: Dora Lloyd, Assistant Wardrobe: Ralph Lloyd, Make-up: Alex Garfath, Make-up Assistant: Frank Turner, Hair: Olga Angelinetta, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Laboratory: The Rank Organisation Film Processing Division, Music Composed by: Mike Vickers, Conducted by: Harry Rabinowitz, Sound Recording: Les Hammond, Boom Operator: Fred Tomlin, Sound Camera Operator: Michael Hickey, Sound Maintenance: Tom Welford, Dubbing Mixer: Ken Barker, Dubbing Editor: Colin Miller, Assistant Dubbing Editor: Jean Short, Caravans: Caracine Ltd., Publicity: Tony Tweedale, Publicity Secretary: Julie Smith, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (32)
John Alderton (Bernard Hedges), Deryck Guyler (Norman Potter), Noel Howlett (Mr Cromwell), Joan Sanderson (Doris Ewell), Erik Chitty (Mr Smith), Richard Davies (Mr Price), Peter Cleall (Eric Duffy), Carol Hawkins (Sharon Eversleigh), Liz Gebhardt (Maureen Bullock), Peter Denyer (Dennis Dunstable), David Barry (Frankie Abbott), Malcolm Mcfee (Peter Craven), Patsy Rowlands (Angela Cutforth), Jill Kerman (Penny Wheeler), Peter Bayliss (Mr Dunstable), Norman Bird (Reynolds), Barbara Mitchell (Mrs Abbott), Jack Smethurst (bus driver), Eve Pearce (Mrs Dunstable), Daphne Heard (old gypsy lady), Brinsley Forde (Wesley), Aziz Resham (Feizal), Nicky Locise (Nobbler), Brenda Cowling (Mrs Duffy), Richard Everett (Malcolm), Hayden Evans (Parsons), Frederick Beauman (gypsy), Graham Angell (kid), Gregory Scott (teacher), Jenny Irvine, George Georghiou (pupil), Linda Cunningham ([pupil])