Bottoms Up

1960
1h 30m

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Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.

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Trivia
Donald Hewlett and Melvyn Hayes would both end up being cast as regulars on the BBC sitcom 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)' (1974-1981), fourteen years after this film was released.

Goofs
When the boys are rioting in the school yard, they are deemed to be using radio controlled model planes to attack the teachers. As the models fly low over the top of the teachers who are crawling low along the ground, (it would not be allowed these days) the models are clearly not radio controlled models, but rather the control line variety. Their circular flight path makes this very obvious.

Quotes
Professor Jim Edwards: [Addressing three new boys] Now what should you know about this school? A phrase to remember is the Latin one, "Mens sana in corpore sano", "Healthy mind, healthy body". We give you the choice.

Connections
Spin-off from Whacko! (1956)

Soundtracks
School Song
Lyric by Sid Colin
Music by Stanley Black (uncredited)

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10/10

The film 'Bottoms Up'

What a great old classic this is! Today's filmmakers and actors could learn so much from viewing such a masterpiece. Not a special effect in site and yet great family fun. Political correctness wasn't invented in 1959 and so Professor Jim drinks and smokes his cigars throughout the film. Bottoms are presented for caning (although Jim never actually canes anything other than a cushion and the deputy headmaster). This film seems to be making a comeback as it appears frequently on ebay. A great pity that the episodes of Whacko! have been lost. If anyone fancies an hour and a half of good, honest fun - they could do worse than obtain this wonderful classic.