Goodbye, Mr. Chips
He is a shy schoolmaster. She is a music hall star. They marry and immediately have 283 children...all boys!
6.8(50) 1969-11-05 155 minDramaMusicRomance
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.
ScreenplayTerence Rattigan
DirectorHerbert Ross
Original Music ComposerJohn Williams
ProducerArthur P. Jacobs
Cast & characters
Peter O'Toole
as Arthur Chipping
Petula Clark
as Katherine Bridges
Michael Redgrave
as The Headmaster
George Baker
as Lord Sutterwick
Siân Phillips
as Ursula Mossbank
Michael Bryant
as Max Staefel
Jack Hedley
as William Baxter
Alison Leggatt
as Headmaster's Wife
Jenny Runacre
as —
Clinton Greyn
as Bill Calbury
Barbara Couper
as Mrs. Paunceforth
Michael Culver
as Johnny Longbridge
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Elspeth March
as Mrs. Summerswaithe
Clive Morton
as General Paunceforth
Ronnie Stevens
as Algie
Mario Maranzana
as Pompeii Guide
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John Gugolka
as Sutterwick Jr.
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Michael Ridgeway
as David
Tom Owen
as Farley
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Michael Audreson
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Julian Barnes
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
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Pierre Bedenes
as Schoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Gillian Blake
as Girl at Party (uncredited)
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Leo Britt
as Elder Master (uncredited)
