Goodbye, Mr. Chips

“He is a shy schoolmaster. She is a music hall star. They marry and immediately have 283 children...all boys!”

6.6(44)19692h 35m

DramaMusicRomance

Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.

Director

Herbert Ross

Budget

$9.0M

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Cast

Peter O'Toole

Arthur Chipping

Petula Clark

Katherine Bridges

Michael Redgrave

The Headmaster

George Baker

Lord Sutterwick

Siân Phillips

Ursula Mossbank

Michael Bryant

Max Staefel

Jack Hedley

William Baxter

Alison Leggatt

Headmaster's Wife

Jenny Runacre

Clinton Greyn

Bill Calbury

Barbara Couper

Mrs. Paunceforth

Michael Culver

Johnny Longbridge

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

11mo ago

7.0

I suppose if you are going to reimagine the classic 1939 version of this story, you have to ditch some of that film’s most charming elements and bring it up to date. That’s what Herbert Ross and Leslie Bricusse have done here and for the most part it sort of works. Peter O’Toole takes on the role of the fastidious Latin master at the all-boys “Brookfield” school where he is neither much liked by t...