Comedy starring Ted Ray and Kenneth Connor. When a Ministry of Education inspector visits Maudlin Street School, the pupils make sure they are on their best misbehaviour so that their headmaster, who has applied for a new job, never leaves them.
The third in the Carry On series is a gentle comedy about the concerted efforts of both the pupils and staff of Maudlin Street School to dissuade headmaster Ted Ray from accepting a post elsewhere. The pranks are Bash Street Kids calibre and raise few laughs, but the staff-room infighting is good value, with drama teacher Kenneth Williams and educational psychologist Leslie Phillips squabbling with maths teacher Hattie Jacques over corporal punishment, and gym mistress Joan Sims feuding with school assessor Rosalind Knight over weedy Kenneth Connor. Ray comes across as something of a prig and a cloying sentimentality dogs the whole affair, but it's still fun.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| William Wakefield | Ted Ray |
| Gregory Adams | Kenneth Connor |
| Michael Bean | Charles Hawtrey |
| Alistair Grigg | Leslie Phillips |
| Sarah Allcock | Joan Sims |
| Edwin Milton | Kenneth Williams |
| Grace Short | Hattie Jacques |
| Felicity Wheeler | Rosalind Knight |
| Alf | Cyril Chamberlain |
| Robin Stevens | Richard O'Sullivan |
| Sheila Dale | Carol White |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Gerald Thomas |
