Drama

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.

Release Date : 1948-09-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Two Cities Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Vincent Perrin

Original Name : Marius Goring

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Traill

Original Name : David Farrar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Isobel Lester

Original Name : Greta Gynt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Moy-Thompson

Original Name : Raymond Huntley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birkland

Original Name : Edward Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Perrin

Original Name : Mary Jerrold

Gender : Female

Character Name : Comber

Original Name : Ralph Truman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Joshua Varley

Original Name : Finlay Currie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clinton

Original Name : Maurice Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dormer

Original Name : Lloyd Pearson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Dormer

Original Name : May MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Comber

Original Name : Viola Lyel

Gender : Female

Character Name : White

Original Name : Archie Harradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rogers

Original Name : Donald Barclay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matron

Original Name : Pat Nye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenkins

Original Name : Howard Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garden

Original Name : John Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dodge

Original Name : Brendan Clegg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benson

Original Name : Cavan Malone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Roddy Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnson

Original Name : David Lines

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henderson

Original Name : Brian McDermott

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Prefect

Original Name : Roy Sargent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barman

Original Name : Johnnie Schofield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chauffeur

Original Name : John Warren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vera

Original Name : Sheila Huntington

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-05-30

It wasn't often that Marius Goring got to take centre stage with a part, but he does it here - and he does it quite well, too. He is the pernickety school master "Perrin" who finds his nose a little out of joint when he is saddled with new man "Traill" (David Farrar). This latter man is perfectly civil, but is also a man who speaks his mind and who isn't prepared to wait half an hour for a bath in the morning, or bother who reads "The Times" first either. "Perrin" finds this behaviour all a bit disrespectful and soon the pair at at loggerheads. Meantime, the headmaster "Moy-Thompson" (Raymond Huntley) is a bit of a stickler for authority, and an act of kindness from "Perrin" sets them on a collision course - one that engenders some sympathy from "Traill" (and from us, too). What's fairly clear now is that the older man is on a slippery slope. His life revolves around his teaching and though we do learn a little of a tragic backstory, it's the present day and the uncertainties it brings him that seem to be influencing his increasingly erratic behaviour. When "Traill" announces his engagement to "Isobel" (Greta Gynt) that seems to be the final straw - but is there nothing that can be done to reconcile the two men? It's got plenty of the "Mr. Chips" story to it, and there's a decent bit of chemistry between the two, equally frustrated, men in the title as the story unravels a little less predictably than you might expect. Huntley is also quite effective as the odious headmaster, too and the story is well enough paced to keep an element of suspense as to the denouement going til near the end. It's a decent adaptation of the Hugh Walpole novel and worth a watch.