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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

6.6

Released November 05, 1969Runtime 2h 35min

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

APJAC Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Peter O'TooleArthur Chipping

Petula ClarkKatherine Bridges

Michael RedgraveThe Headmaster

George BakerLord Sutterwick

Siân PhillipsUrsula Mossbank

Michael BryantMax Staefel

Jack HedleyWilliam Baxter

Alison LeggattHeadmaster's Wife

Jenny Runacre

Clinton GreynBill Calbury

Barbara CouperMrs. Paunceforth

Michael CulverJohnny Longbridge

Elspeth MarchMrs. Summerswaithe

Clive MortonGeneral Paunceforth

Ronnie StevensAlgie

Mario MaranzanaPompeii Guide

John GugolkaSutterwick Jr.

Michael RidgewayDavid

Tom OwenFarley

Michael AudresonSchoolboy (uncredited)

Julian BarnesSchoolboy (uncredited)

Pierre BedenesSchoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited)

Gillian BlakeGirl at Party (uncredited)

Leo BrittElder Master (uncredited)

Nicholas FrankauTardy Student (uncredited)

Gary GrahamSchoolboy (uncredited)

Elspet GrayLady Sutterwick (uncredited)

Patricia HayesMiss Honeybun (uncredited)

Mark Danvers HeronSchoolboy (uncredited)

Barbara KnoxDancer (uncredited)

Lawrence LambertSchoolboy (uncredited)

Jeremy LloydJohnson (uncredited)

Craig MarriottSchoolboy (uncredited)

Jack MayPrice (uncredited)

John Moulder-BrownGresham (uncredited)

James PayneMan in Theatre (uncredited)

Jeremy RanchevSchoolboy (uncredited)

Stephen ReedSchoolboy (uncredited)

Robert RiettiJenkins (voice) (uncredited)

Sheila SteafelTilly (uncredited)

Royston TicknerPoliceman (uncredited)

Richard VernonChairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)

Raymond WardSchoolboy (uncredited)

Robert WisepartHead Boy (uncredited)

Crew

Herbert RossDirector

Eamonn DuffySecond Unit First Assistant Director

Rita DavisonContinuity

Dominic FulfordAssistant Director

Dusty SymondsSecond Assistant Director

Gary WhiteThird Assistant Director

Bob HowardSecond Assistant Director

Dickie BamberSecond Unit First Assistant Director

Terence RattiganScreenplay

James HiltonNovel

Dennis HallProduction Manager

Peter PerkinsProduction Assistant

Nora KayeProduction Assistant

David W. OrtonProduction Supervisor

Norma GarmentProduction Secretary

Alexander De GrunwaldProduction Assistant

Arthur P. JacobsProducer

Mort AbrahamsAssociate Producer

Irene HowardCasting

John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer

J.B. SmithSound Mixer

Jimmy TurrellCamera Operator

David LindupOrchestrator

Brian HickinFoley Editor

A.W. WatkinsRecording Supervision

Frank WardaleGaffer

John StreeterSound Recordist

John BramallSound Recordist

Van Allen JamesSound Editor

Jack CleggSound Engineer

Gordon LangfordOrchestrator

Dennis FraserGrip

Michael R. SloanAssistant Editor

Colin JamisonAssistant Hairdresser

Brian WestSecond Unit Director of Photography

Kenneth AtherfoldGrip

John WilliamsConductor

Jan JamisonAssistant Hairdresser

Robert WilloughbyStill Photographer

John WilliamsMusic Supervisor

George BlacklerMakeup Supervisor

Betty AdamsonWardrobe Supervisor

William SaracinoMusic Editor

Bill LodgeMakeup Designer

Ivy EmmertonHairdresser

Charles TorbettProperty Master

John PoynerSound Editor

John GroverAssistant Editor

Ian FraserMusic Supervision Assistant

Leslie BricusseSongs

Julie HarrisCostume Design

Oswald MorrisDirector of Photography

Ken AdamProduction Design

Ralph KemplenEditor

Maurice FowlerArt Direction

Reg BreamDraughtsman

Mickey LennonAssistant Property Master

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Reviews

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 o...