簡介
On the last day of term at a boys private school, a new master arrives to familiarise himself. His predecessor, Crocker-Harris is much hated in the school but his younger wife seems more popular and not only with the pupils. Tensions erupt making this a day nobody in the school will ever forget...
一個人生失敗的古典文學老師哈里斯,在學期結束時被迫從一所私立男校提前退休。回顧自己二十年來的教學生涯,發現自己是一個與時代脫節無用的老人,學生不知感恩,美麗迷人的妻子又跟年輕的化學老師關係曖昧。就在他感到心灰意冷之際,一名學生送了一本拉丁文的希臘詩集給他,從而產發了他對人生的新希望。本片為五十年代同名電影的重拍版本,內容比較傳統,但男主角演得賣力,在濃郁的文學氣氛中讓人感受到溫馨的一面。
演員表
Judith Furse .... Mrs. Williamson (uncredited)
Scott Harold .... Rev. Williamson (uncredited)
Ronald Howard .... Gilbert
Wilfrid Hyde-White .... Frobisher
Peter Jones .... Carstairs (uncredited)
Jean Kent .... Millie Crocker-Harris
Sarah Lawson .... Betty Carstairs (uncredited)
Paul Medland .... Wilson (uncredited)
Josephine Middleton .... Mrs. Frobisher (uncredited)
Nigel Patrick .... Frank Hunter
Michael Redgrave .... Andrew Crocker-Harris
Ivan Samson .... Lord Baxter (uncredited)
Brian Smith .... Taplow
Bill Travers .... Fletcher (uncredited)