The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
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A battle of the sexes begins to rage in an isolated private school in this charming British comedy. Just outside of London during World War II, Axis bombing forces the evacuation of a private all-girls school, St. Swithins. Thanks to a bureaucratic mix-up, the girls of St. Swithins and their… More A battle of the sexes begins to rage in an isolated private school in this charming British comedy. Just outside of London during World War II, Axis bombing forces the evacuation of a private all-girls school, St. Swithins. Thanks to a bureaucratic mix-up, the girls of St. Swithins and their Headmistress Muriel Whitchurch (Margaret Rutherford) are to be billeted at the nearby Nutborne Boys School. While the students learn to make do with the crowded conditions, Nutborne headmaster Wetherby Pond (Alistair Sim) is less than pleased with the situation, especially after he and Whitchurch begin butting heads over which of them is truly in charge. The Happiest Days Of Your Life was based on a popular stage comedy by playwright John Dighton. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Launder
- Written By
- John Dighton, Frank Launder
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 16, 1950 Limited
- On DVD
- Apr 27, 1994
- Studio
- Individual Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A first-class postwar farce, with Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in fine form as rival school principals.
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Cast
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Alastair Sim
as Wetherby Pond
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Margaret Rutherford
as Miss Muriel Whitchurch
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John Turnbull
as Conrad Matthews
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Joyce Grenfell
as Miss Gossage
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Richard Wattis
as Arnold Billings
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Guy Middleton
as Victor Hyde-Brown
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Edward Rigby
as Rainbow
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Muriel Aked
as Miss Jezzard
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Arthur Howard
as Anthony Ramsden
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John Bentley
as Richard Tassell
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Myrette Morven
as Miss Chapell
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Bernadette O'Farrell
as Miss Harper
- George Benson
- Olwen Brookes
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Stringer Davis
as Reverend Birch
- Keith Faulkner
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Harold Goodwin
as Edwin
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Gladys Henson
as Mrs. Hempstead
- Nan Munro
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Laurence Naismith
as Dr. Collett
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Patricia Owens
as Angela Parry
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Percy Walsh
as Monsieur Jove
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Russell Waters
as Mr. West
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Millicent Wolf
as Miss Curtis
- Vivienne Wood
- John Boxer
- Fred Marshall
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Angela Glynne
as Barbara Colhoun
- Margaret Anderson
- Jim Davies
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Kenneth Downey
as Sir Angus McNally
- Patience Rentoul
- Lilian Stanley
