Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
Cast
Ian Carmichael
Henry Palfrey
Terry-Thomas
Raymond Delauney
Alastair Sim
S. Potter
Janette Scott
April Smith
Dennis Price
Dunstan
Peter Jones
Dudley
Edward Chapman
Gloatbridge
John Le Mesurier
Skinner
Irene Handl
Mrs Stringer
Kynaston Reeves
General
Hattie Jacques
Miss Grimmet
Hugh Paddick
Pickthorn
Barbara Roscoe
Barbara
Gerald Campion
Proudfoot
Monte Landis
Fleetsnod
Jeremy Lloyd
Dingle
Charles Lamb
Carpenter
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Alice
Aubrey Woods
Brazier
Vilma Ann Leslie
Secretary
Crew
Robert Hamer
Director
Frederick Gotfurt
Script Editor
Patricia Moyes
Screenplay
Hal E. Chester
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Stephen Potter
Novel
Richard Best
Editor
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography
Basil Rayburn
Assistant Director
Douglas Rankin
Associate Producer
Herbert Smith
Camera Operator
Robert Lennard
Casting Director
Ernie Farrer
Wardrobe Master
Muriel Dickson
Wardrobe Master
Polly Young
Hairstylist
Eric Aylott
Makeup Artist
Charles Crafford
Sound Editor
Arthur Bradburn
Sound Recordist
Len Shilton
Sound Recordist
George Blackwell
Special Effects
John Addison
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Helen Whitson
Continuity
L. C. Rudkin
Production Manager
Terence Verity
Art Direction
A. W. Lumkin
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