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if.... (1968)

if.... (1968)

Drama

Which side will you be on?

Release Date: 1968, December 19
Directors: Lindsay Anderson
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Memorial Enterprises
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer, Graham Crowden, Anthony Nicholls, Geoffrey Chater, Mona Washbourne, Sean Bury, Simon Ward, David Wood, Robin Davies, Richard Warwick, Robin Askwith

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

england satire gun violence rebellion social satire british empire private school revolution rebellious youth boys' boarding school school shooting radical politics british school system british youth student revolt youth revolts free cinema university school