A French Mistress (1960)

6.3/10 98 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Edith Sharpe

Matron

Brian Oulton

3rd Governor

Jeremy Bulloch

Baines

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