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if....( 1968)

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Overview

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Malcolm McDowell

      Mick Travis

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      David Wood

      Johnny Knightly

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      Richard Warwick

      Wallace

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      Christine Noonan

      The Girl

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      Rupert Webster

      Bobby Phillips

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      Robert Swann

      Rowntree

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      Hugh Thomas

      Denson

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      Michael Cadman

      Fortinbras

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      Peter Sproule

      Barnes

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      Peter Jeffrey

      Headmaster

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      Anthony Nicholls

      General Denson

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      Arthur Lowe

      Mr. Kemp

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      Mona Washbourne

      Matron

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      Mary MacLeod

      Mrs. Kemp

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      Geoffrey Chater

      Chaplain

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      Ben Aris

      John Thomas

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      Graham Crowden

      History Master

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      Charles Lloyd Pack

      Classics Master

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      Guy Ross

      Stephens

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      Robin Askwith

      Keating

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      Richard Everett

      Pussy Graves

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      Philip Bagenal

      Peanuts

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      Nicholas Page

      Cox

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      Robert Yetzes

      Fisher

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      David Griffin

      Willens

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      Graham Sharman

      Van Eyssen

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      Richard Tombleson

      Baird

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      Robin Davies

      Machin

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      Brian Pettifer

      Biles

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      Michael Newport

      Brunning

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      Charles Sturridge

      Markland

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      Sean Bury

      Jute

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      Martin Beaumont

      Hunter

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      Ellis Dale

      Motorcycle Salesman (uncredited)

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      John Garrie

      Music Master (uncredited)

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      Tommy Godfrey

      School Porter (uncredited)

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      Peter Jaques

      Schoolmaster (uncredited)

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      Simon Ward

      Schoolboy (uncredited)

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Tue Jul 31 2018
    Released in 1968, directed by Lindsay Anderson with a screenplay by David Sherwin, <i>If....</i> is a story of three non-conformist schoolboys played by Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick and David Wood, who plot revenge. Organized as a series of tableaux separated by title cards, IF... spends its first half depicting the harsh rules that these boys live under at their elite public school, and the arbitrary punishments given out by senior boys, headed by the sinister Rowntree (Robert Swann) and the distant school officials. This is all in an environment of bizarre old rituals, Latin refrains, an...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    500000.00

    Keywords

    • rebellion
    • england
    • revolution
    • private school
    • british empire
    • satire
    • social satire
    • rebellious youth
    • gun violence
    • british youth
    • school shooting
    • boys' boarding school
    • british school system
    • radical politics
    • free cinema
    • student revolt
    • youth revolts
    • university school