Fresh
Sidney Poitier stars in an excellent performance.
Variety Staff, Variety
To Sir, with Love
Turned-on teens... and the teacher who had to tame them!
1967 · 1h 45m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
James Clavell
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
To Sir, with Love
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.
Director and cast
- James Clavell Director
- Sidney Poitier as Mark Thackeray
- Christian Roberts as Denham
- Judy Geeson as Pamela Dare
- Suzy Kendall as Gillian Blanchard
- Lulu as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
- Ann Bell as Mrs. Dare
- Geoffrey Bayldon as Theo Weston
- Faith Brook as Grace Evans
- Patricia Routledge as Clinty Clintridge
- Christopher Chittell as Potter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Incessant Cockney street market vignettes and shots of London buses seem to suggest that it was all primarily intended for American consumption anyway.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
A cozy, good-humored and unbelievable little tale.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
Well-meaning tripe.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Even the weak moments are saved by Poitier, who invests his role with a subtle warmth.
TIME Magazine
More films
Aarakshan (2011)
Drama · Thriller · N/A
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Director
- Prakash Jha
- Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone
IMDb
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Documentary · PG
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Director
- Davis Guggenheim
- Cast
- Charles Adams, Jonathan Alter, Geoffrey Canada
IMDb
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
81
Snow (1963)
Documentary · N/A
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...
- Runtime
- 8m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.0
Rail (1967)
Documentary · N/A
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...
- Runtime
- 14m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.4
Locomotion (1975)
Documentary · N/A
Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.2
Shell Spirit (1963)
N/A
Directed by Geoffrey Jones.
- Runtime
- 2m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
6.8
Comments
Talk about the film with other members