Movie: Fun at St. Fanny's

Top 10 Billed Cast

Fred Emney
Fred Emney

Dr. Septimus Jankers

Cardew Robinson
Cardew Robinson

Cardew the Cad

Miriam Karlin
Miriam Karlin

'The Private Eye'

Gabrielle Brune
Gabrielle Brune

Matron

Vera Day
Vera Day

Maisie

Aud Johansen
Aud Johansen

Mlle. Praline

Claude Hulbert
Claude Hulbert

Mr. Winkle

Freddie Mills
Freddie Mills

Harry the Scar

Davy Kaye
Davy Kaye

Ferdy

Johnny Brandon
Johnny Brandon

Fanshaw

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    Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.

  • Release Date

    1955-12-15

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    English
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