Boys Will Be Boys

Synopsis

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.

Main Cast

Will Hay

Dr. Alec Smart

Age : 60 | Popularity : 5%

Gordon Harker

Faker Brown

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Jimmy Hanley

Cyril Brown

Age : 51 | Popularity : 8%

Davy Burnaby

Col. Crableigh

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Norma Varden

Lady Dorking

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Claude Dampier

Theo P. Finch

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Charles Farrell

Louis Brown

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Clive Dunn

Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited)

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	William Beaudine
Sound	Original Music Composer	Louis Levy Bretton Byrd
Writing	Writer	Robert Edmunds Will Hay
Editing	Editor	Alfred Roome
Art	Art Direction	Alex Vetchinsky
Camera	Director of Photography	Charles Van Enger
Department	Role	Name

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