A French Mistress (1960)
The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the teacher in revealing shorts and bikinis. As discipline crumbles, a scandal explodes when the Head discovers the mademoiselle's mother was an old flame. Madeline must be dismissed to save further embarrassments.
- Date of release
- 1960-08-25
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Roy Boulting
Casting
- Agnès Laurent — Madeleine Lafarge - The French Mistress
- Cecil Parker — John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School
- James Robertson Justice — Robert Martin / 'Bow Wow'
- Ian Bannen — Colin Crane The Headmaster's Son
- Irene Handl — Staff Sergeant Hodges
- Raymond Huntley — Reverend Edwin Peake
- Kenneth Griffith — Mr Meade
- Thorley Walters — Colonel Edmonds
- Michael Crawford — Kent
- Henry B. Longhurst — 2nd Governor
- David Griffin — Slater
- Edith Sharpe — Matron
Interesting facts
A French Mistress is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Cecil Parker, James Robertson Justice, Agnès Laurent, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl and Thorley Walters.
Production
Production was filmed at Shoreditch Training College, Englefield Green, Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, formerly the Royal Indian Engineering College.
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