Goodbye, Mr. Chips( 1969)

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He is a shy schoolmaster. She is a music hall star. They marry and immediately have 283 children...all boys!

Overview

Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.

Top Billed Cast

Peter O'Toole
Arthur Chipping
Petula Clark
Katherine Bridges
Michael Redgrave
The Headmaster
George Baker
Lord Sutterwick
Siân Phillips
Ursula Mossbank
Michael Bryant
Max Staefel
Jack Hedley
William Baxter
Alison Leggatt
Headmaster's Wife
Jenny Runacre
Clinton Greyn
Bill Calbury
Barbara Couper
Mrs. Paunceforth
Michael Culver
Johnny Longbridge
Elspeth March
Mrs. Summerswaithe
Clive Morton
General Paunceforth
Ronnie Stevens
Algie
Mario Maranzana
Pompeii Guide
John Gugolka
Sutterwick Jr.
Michael Ridgeway
David
Tom Owen
Farley
Michael Audreson
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Julian Barnes
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Roy Beck
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Pierre Bedenes
Schoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Gillian Blake
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Leo Britt
Elder Master (uncredited)
Nicholas Frankau
Tardy Student (uncredited)
Gary Graham
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Elspet Gray
Lady Sutterwick (uncredited)
Patricia Hayes
Miss Honeybun (uncredited)
Mark Danvers Heron
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Barbara Knox
Dancer (uncredited)
Lawrence Lambert
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Jeremy Lloyd
Johnson (uncredited)
Craig Marriott
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Jack May
Price (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
Gresham (uncredited)
James Payne
Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Jeremy Ranchev
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Stephen Reed
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Jenkins (voice) (uncredited)
Sheila Steafel
Tilly (uncredited)
Royston Tickner
Policeman (uncredited)
Richard Vernon
Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)
Raymond Ward
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Robert Wisepart
Head Boy (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Mar 23 2025

I suppose if you are going to reimagine the classic 1939 version of this story, you have to ditch some of that film’s most charming elements and bring it up to date. That’s what Herbert Ross and Leslie Bricusse have done here and for the most part it sort of works. Peter O’Toole takes on the role of the fastidious Latin master at the all-boys “Brookfield” school where he is neither much liked by the staff nor much respected by the pupils. It’s on a trip to London to see a show that he meets it’s star “Katherine” (Petula Clark) but he puts his foot in his mouth rather. On a trip to Pompeii, he e...