Fun at St. Fanny's poster

Movie · 1955

Fun at St. Fanny's

Released 15 December 1955 More from 1955 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first
Dino Galvani
as Prof. Stromboli
65
Roger Avon
as Horsetrough
41
Tom Gill
as Constable
39
Peter Butterworth
as The Potter
36
Melvyn Hayes
as Heckling Boy at Concert (uncredited)
20
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Dino Galvani — oldest on the call sheet
20Melvyn Hayes — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast
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