The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)


The Happiest Days of Your Life
7.5 Listal rating
7.3 IMDB rating
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Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Wetherby Pond
Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Muriel Whitchurch
Guy Middleton

Guy Middleton

Victor Hyde-Brown
Joyce Grenfell

Joyce Grenfell

Miss Gossage
Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby

Rainbow
Muriel Aked

Muriel Aked

Miss Jezzard
John Bentley

John Bentley

Richard Tassell
Bernadette O

Bernadette O'Farrell

Miss Harper


Written by
John Dighton

John Dighton

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Morrissey's influences (120 items)
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IMDB Classic Film Board: Doubling the Canon! (1001 items)
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Terence Davies' Favorite Films (21 items)
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British Comedies of the 40s, 50s and 60s (40 items)
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Release date : 8 March 1950
Comedy (2), 1950 (2), Schooldays (1), Rebellion (1), Headmistress (1), Headmaster (1), Schoolday (1), Classic (1), British (1)
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Directors' Favorite Films (327 movies items)

" 1 Director: Terence Davies"


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"Schooldays remembered"


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British Comedies of the 40s, 50s and 60s (40 movies items)

"The promise of the wonderful Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford coming together isn't quite met by this fun if slightly too silly Gilliat-Launder comedy. Still, it's by no means either of the stars' fault as they are both as brilliant as ever. The script, which sees a boy's and girl's school accidentally merged and their respective headteacher's desperately trying to cover up this fact from their pupils' parents, needed to be a tad funnier and the film rides on the appeal of its performances. "


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Morrissey's influences (120 movies items)

"Actress Margaret Rutherford was mentioned by Morrissey in 1985's Meat Is Murder tour programme as one of his favourite actresses, particularly for her role in this film. This film was mentioned by Morrissey as one of his favourites in a feature titled "Headful Of Heroes: Back Row" printed in the 16 September 1989 issue of the NME. At some point in this film a character says "We have a bond of trust here at Nutbourne, the boys and I, which is never abused", a line which may have inspired Morr"