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#19of 1968
1968 1h 52mDrama

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

3.5/5

TMDB score· 420 votes

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In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

The vibe

rebellionenglandrevolutionprivate schoolbritish empiresatiresocial satirerebellious youthgun violencebritish youth

Behind it

Lindsay AndersonLindsay AndersonDirectorDavid SherwinScreenplayJohn HowlettWriterMarc WilkinsonComposerMiroslav OndříčekMiroslav OndříčekCinematography

Cast

Malcolm McDowellMalcolm McDowellMick Travis
David WoodDavid WoodJohnny Knightly
Richard WarwickRichard WarwickWallace
Christine NoonanChristine NoonanThe Girl
Rupert WebsterBobby Phillips
Robert SwannRobert SwannRowntree
Hugh ThomasDenson
Michael CadmanFortinbras
Peter SprouleBarnes
Peter JeffreyPeter JeffreyHeadmaster
Anthony NichollsAnthony NichollsGeneral Denson
Arthur LoweArthur LoweMr. Kemp
Mona WashbourneMona WashbourneMatron
Mary MacLeodMrs. Kemp
Geoffrey ChaterGeoffrey ChaterChaplain
Ben ArisJohn Thomas
Graham CrowdenGraham CrowdenHistory Master
Charles Lloyd PackCharles Lloyd PackClassics Master

Director

Lindsay Anderson

Writers

David Sherwin, John Howlett

Release date

19 Dec 1968

Runtime

1h 52m

Budget

$0.5M

Box office

$4.6M · 9.2× its budget

Studio

Memorial Enterprises

Language

English, Latin

Country

United Kingdom

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Mick Travis Collection

In the powder-keg political environment of the late sixties, Lindsay Anderson launched a pop-culture Molotov cocktail into British cinemas with his stunningly subversive If…., an anarchic vision of rebellion at a British boarding school starring Malcolm McDowell as the everyman turned guerrilla revolutionary Mick Travis. In two subsequent films—the freewheeling anti-establishment epic O Lucky Man! and the divisive gonzo comedy Britannia Hospital—Anderson and McDowell continued to trace the story of the Travis character and his outlandish adventures in a through-the-looking-glass England.

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In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

3.5

if....

1968

O Lucky Man!

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

3.4

O Lucky Man!

1973

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

3.1

Britannia Hospital

1982

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