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Spare the Rod
Released: May 23, 1961 (1961)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genres: Drama
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Mary Merrall as Miss Fogg
Age at release: 71
- Jean Anderson as Mrs. Pond
Age at release: 53
- Geoffrey Keen as Arthur Gregory
Age at release: 44
- Donald Pleasence as Mr. Jenkins
Age at release: 41
- Eleanor Summerfield as Mrs. Harkness
Age at release: 40
- Max Bygraves as John Saunders
Age at release: 38
- Betty McDowall as Ann Collins
Age at release: 36
- Peter Reynolds as Alec Murray
Age at release: 35
- Richard O'Sullivan as Fred Harkness
Age at release: 17
- Claire Marshall as Margaret
Age at release: Unknown
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- Aubrey Woods as Mr. Bickerstaff
Age at release: 33
- Bryan Pringle as Drunken Father
Age at release: 26
- Michael Craze as Thatcher
Age at release: 18
- Jeremy Bulloch as Angell
Age at release: 16