Boys Will Be Boys

Directed by William West
Approved
December 9, 1935    80mComedy
6.556%6.2
Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character created by John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton (J.B. Morton, "Beachcomber")

Where to Watch Boys Will Be Boys

  • Will HayDr. Alec Smart / Writer
  • Gordon HarkerFaker Brown
  • Jimmy HanleyCyril Brown
  • Davy BurnabyCol. Crableigh
  • Norma VardenLady Dorking
  • Claude DampierTheo P. Finch
  • Charles FarrellLouis Brown
  • Clive DunnSchoolboy watching rugby (uncredited)
  • William WestDirector
  • Robert EdmundsWriter
  • Alex VetchinskyArt Direction
  • Charles Van EngerDirector Of Photography
  • Alfred RoomeEditor
  • Bretton ByrdOriginal Music Composer
  • Louis LevyOriginal Music Composer

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