Spare the Rod poster

Movie · 1961

Spare the Rod

Released 23 May 1961 More from 1961 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Mary Merrall
as Miss Fogg
71
Jean Anderson
as Mrs. Pond
53
Geoffrey Keen
as Arthur Gregory
44
Eleanor Summerfield
as Mrs. Harkness
40
Aubrey Woods
as Mr. Bickerstaff
33
Bryan Pringle
as Drunken Father
26
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Mary Merrall — oldest on the call sheet
26Bryan Pringle — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast
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