Fun at St Fanny's
1955
Action / Comedy

Fun at St Fanny's
1955
Action / Comedy
Plot summary
Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.
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A cast to die for in old time comedy Brit film.
'Deep Joy indeed!'
The little-seen, barely mentioned, frequently surreal, deliciously odd classroom farce 'Fun at St. Fanny's' is deserving of a little more appreciation since it is a consistently breezy, unpretentiously pratfall-filled, deep joy-inducing delirium! Talented film-maker Maurice 'Hindle Wakes' Elvey's frothily low brow, high scamping, belly-burstingly absurd 50s caper is a sublime comedic curio with its noisome music hall japery, groan-inducing puns, bizarre musical interludes provides an amusingly naïve flashback to a far more innocent age, and this unsophisticated, sweet-natured romp is boosted by a winningly eclectic cast, including Fred Emney, Cardew Robinson, Vera Day, Freddie Mills, and an especially mirthsome, tongue-twisting, syllable slurping turn by the exquisitely eccentric comedy actor, and 'Small Faces' narrating legend Stanley Unwin, the boisterous film also features an early appearance by future national treasure Ronnie Corbett, and avid fans of cult 60s television might be interested to hear some early work from iconic composer Edwin 'The Saint' Astley. The irrepressibly silly 'Fun at St. Fanny's' is a refreshingly zesty gag-fest thoroughly deserving of its handsome BFI restoration.