Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Executscan Expected more

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Tweekums This early outing for the 'Carry On' team may not be one of the best but it is better than many of the later outings. As the title would suggest this film finds the team teaching in a typical school. As the end of term approaches the acting head master is hoping to find a permanent post in a rural school but before he can do that he must survive a week long visit from a strict school inspector and a liberal-minded psychologist… to make matters worse one of the boys has overheard all this and sets about ensuring the inspection does not go well. The rest of the film sees the teachers falling victim to a series of pranks which range from putting itching powder in the staff room to spiking the teachers' tea with alcohol stolen from the labs. Away from all the pranks two inspectors find themselves taking a romantic interest in two of the staff! As the film approaches its climax the school is preparing to put on a performance of Romeo and Juliet… not surprisingly things do no go well.I enjoyed many of the other early Carry On films but this one seems weaker than most; for the most part it was just a series of practical jokes without the wit of the better films. That isn't to say it wasn't totally without laughs; I did enjoy the finale where their production of Romeo and Juliet descended into a farce. The main problem with many of the jokes was that the pranks seemed malicious if not downright malevolent at the time… we do later learn why the children did it but by then it is too late. The cast includes many of the regulars including Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques; they do a good enough job although it isn't their best work. I'd only really recommend this to fans of the series although children would probably find the various pranks hilarious and unlike later instalments in the series there is nothing too rude for them to see.

Leofwine_draca A reasonable early CARRY ON outing, but not up there with the highs of CARRY ON NURSE. TEACHER starts off well, with the regular team appearing as teachers in a school inhabited by variously ill-behaved children (the reason for the kids' bad behaviour is strained and fairly unbelievable). There are the usual St Trinians-style hijinks, with glue and itching powder on the seats, gin in the kettle and various other badly-behaved antics. So far, so good.Sadly, things start to disappoint around halfway through. There are endless scenes involving a supposed bomb that the pupils are making and these go nowhere and achieve nothing. There are few jokes in this section, making it fairly boring. The good news is that things rally round for a better climax involving a disastrous school play that makes up for the previous slow patch.Of the cast, Kenneth Connor (as a love-struck science teacher) and Charles Hawtrey (as a fussy music teacher) come off the best, with the latter particularly strong. Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques are both slightly underused, and I found Leslie Phillips chasing after Joan Sims to be a bit sleazy this time around. Ted Ray, in a straight role as the headteacher, is a dull, although it's worth looking out for future TV star Richard O'Sullivan as one of the pupils. It's just a shame the gags couldn't have been sustained throughout as then this would have equalled the highs of the same year's NURSE.

w22nuschler I enjoyed the first two entries more than this one. The third go around has the Carry On crew teaching at a school. They are headed by Kenneth Conner, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Charles Hawtrey. To me, no one stands out in this film like the first two films. Sims character is named "Alcock" which is a little shocking. Couldn't they pick a more decent name for her. Two psychiatrists visit the school to see how well it is being run by the faculty. The man is instantly attracted to Joan Sims when he sees her. I have always had a problem with Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor playing a sexy role. They are not sexy to me at all, and they do not have great shapes, even for the 60's and 70's. I really do like Joan Sims as an actress, but not as a sex symbol. There was a little to much sexual innuendo from the children which I did not care for. I know that is what Carry On became later on, but there is a fine line and I think it was crossed in this entry. It did have a very touching ending like the first one did. The kids sabotage the play in an effort to get the headmaster to stay at the school. He decides to stay in the final scene. Overall it is a slightly above average movie, with a nice ending. Thankfully Sid James would appear in 14 out of the next 19 films. He really gives the films a spark.

richard.fuller1 The third film in this Carry On series was funnier than the previous two, or I am now getting the hang of who "the core" cast members may be.The plot seemed simple enough, then took a very different twist just toward the end.Humor-wise, the staff getting drunk was pretty good and that class discussion with Williams did have me laughing and rewinding back ("the girl who lives just down the road from us!")With still no idea what to expect from the rest of these Carry Ons, it seems to me after three films that there is to be two romances in each films. I suspect that will change eventually.Best thing I have seen thus far of Carry On was when everyone was hugging at the end of "Teacher" because the headmaster wouldn't be leaving and Williams, Jacques and Hawtrey all hug, each man giving her a kiss in between them. They all stepped away and Jacques moved to the back.The two men then came forward again for a very passionate embrace and upon realizing Jacques wasn't with them, they separated and Hawtrey gave Williams such a slap. Nice fun and a nice perspective on school and education in film, especially this close to "Blackboard Jungle".