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To Sir, with Love

1967 · 105 min

A warm, earnest classroom drama that builds slowly from chaos to mutual respect, with a memorable final flourish.

Tagline
Turned-on teens... and the teacher who had to tame them!
Overview
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • class
  • race
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
James Clavell
Written by
James Clavell, E.R. Braithwaite
Starring
Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu, Ann Bell, Geoffrey Bayldon, Faith Brook
Music
Ron Grainer
Cinematography
Paul Beeson
Runtime
105 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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