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Turned-on teens... and the teacher who had to tame them! - To Sir, with Love
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Title: To Sir, with Love

Release Date: 14 Jun 1967

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama

Director: Columbia British Productions

Production Companies: Columbia British Productions

Overview: A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.5 (316 votes)

Cast

  • Mark Thackeray: Sidney Poitier
  • Denham: Christian Roberts
  • Pamela Dare: Judy Geeson
  • Gillian Blanchard: Suzy Kendall
  • Barbara 'Babs' Pegg: Lulu
  • Mrs. Dare: Ann Bell
  • Theo Weston: Geoffrey Bayldon
  • Grace Evans: Faith Brook
  • Clinty Clintridge: Patricia Routledge
  • Potter: Christopher Chittell
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