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.
Credits
Boys Will Be Boys Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Norma Varden
She was 37, 90 years old when she died
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as Lady Dorking |
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Charles Farrell
He was 33, 88 years old when he died
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as Louis Brown |
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Clive Dunn
He was 15, 92 years old when he died
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as Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Hanley
He was 16, 51 years old when he died
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as Cyril Brown |
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Gordon Harker
He was 49, 81 years old when he died
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as Faker Brown |
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Claude Dampier
He was 56, 76 years old when he died
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as Theo P. Finch |
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Davy Burnaby
He was 54, 68 years old when he died
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as Col. Crableigh |
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Will Hay
He was 46, 60 years old when he died
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as Dr. Alec Smart |
Boys Will Be Boys Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Charles Van Enger as Director of Photography. He was 45 (90) years old when He died
|
Camera |
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Alfred Roome as Editor. He was 26 (88) years old when He died
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Editing |
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William Beaudine as Director. He was 43 (78) years old when He died
|
Directing |
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Will Hay as Writer. He was 46 (60) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Alex Vetchinsky as Art Direction. He was 30 (75) years old when He died
|
Art |
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Bretton Byrd as Original Music Composer. He was 30 (52) years old when He died
|
Sound |
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Robert Edmunds as Writer. |
Writing |
