at Yeovil station and heading in the direction of the school. Cast Ian Carmichael as Henry Palfrey Terry-Thomas as Raymond Delauney Alastair Sim as Mr. S. Potter Janette Scott as April Smith Dennis Price as Dunstan Dorchester Peter Jones as Dudley Dorchester Edward Chapman as Gloatbridge John Le Mesurier as Head Waiter Irene Handl as Mrs. Stringer, Palfrey's landlady Kynaston Reeves as General Hattie Jacques as 1st Instructress Hugh Paddick as Instructor Barbara Roscoe as 2nd Instructress Gerald Campion as Proudfoot, a school student Monte Landis as Fleetsnod, a school student Jeremy Lloyd as Dingle, a school student Charles Lamb as Carpenter Anita Sharp-Bolster as Maid Production Stephen Potter's original Gamesmanship had been a successful series of books in the 1950s, but were not written in a narrative form, so the device was adopted that Potter (Alastair Sim) had set up a "College of Lifemanship" in Yeovil to educate those seeking to apply his methods for success. Some interest had previously been shown by Cary Grant (with Carl Foreman) in a screen version of Potter's books, but had failed when it proved impossible to translate the dry humour for an American audience. The film's title is a reference to Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1777 comic play, The School for Scandal. Although the film only credits its producer, Hal E. Chester, and Patricia Moyes for the screenplay, it was co-written by Peter Ustinov and Frank Tarloff. Its director, Robert Hamer, was sacked during filming due as he returned to drinking and the enterprise was completed by Chester and an (uncredited) Cyril Frankel. Hamer did not work in the film industry again, and died in 1963. The dishonest car salesmen calling themselves the "Winsome Welshmen", Dunstan (Dennis Price) and Dudley (Peter Jones), were based on similar characters in a 1950s BBC radio comedy series, In All Directions, in which the leads were played by Peter Ustinov and Jones; their catch phrase "run for it!" was recycled in School for Scoundrels. School for Scoundrels was made at Elstree Studios, and location scenes were mainly shot in the vicinity. The location used as the tennis club was then a private members club before its current incarnation as a hotel. The hotel hosted a screening in 2016 with Janette Scott attending and answering questions about filming School For Scoundrels. The film uses vehicles as plot devices. Palfrey foolishly buys a "1924 4-litre Swiftmobile" from the crooked