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It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
Director: Cyril Frankel
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Tempting to see this as a typically British forerunner of Hollywood's cute campus radical movies, with a bunch of musically-minded grammar school kids rebelling against the dismissal of their piano-playing teacher. Actually, it's just a botched imitation of those Garland/Rooney putting-on-a-show musicals, tediously tame and producing one absurdity to treasure in the sight of John Mills (the teacher in question) jiving over a hot jazz piano in a pub. The music is dubbed by Humphrey Lyttleton's Band (among others less reputable).Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Cyril Frankel
Producer: Victor Skutezky
Cast: John Mills, Cecil Parker, Brian Smith, Jeremy Spenser, Mona Washbourne, Dorothy Bromiley, Eleanor Summerfield full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 93 mins
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