Released in 1968, directed by Lindsay Anderson with a screenplay by David Sherwin, <i>If....</i> is a story of three non-conformist schoolboys played by Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick and David Wood, who plot revenge. Organized as a series of tableaux separated by title cards, IF... spends its first half depicting the harsh rules that these boys live under at their elite public school, and the arbitrary…
if.... (1968)
Which side will you be on?
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
Top Cast
Malcolm McDowell
Mick Travis
David Wood
Johnny Knightly
Richard Warwick
Wallace
Christine Noonan
The Girl
Rupert Webster
Bobby Phillips
Robert Swann
Rowntree
Hugh Thomas
Denson
Michael Cadman
Fortinbras
Peter Sproule
Barnes
Peter Jeffrey
Headmaster
Anthony Nicholls
General Denson
Arthur Lowe
Mr. Kemp
Mona Washbourne
Matron
Mary MacLeod
Mrs. Kemp
Geoffrey Chater
Chaplain
Ben Aris
John Thomas
Reviews
At a posh private school there is an hierarchy that sees the housemaster exercise rather arbitrary authority through his three "whips". It's usually the younger pupils they like to terrorise, but at this school there are three older men who attract their attention. There's "Mick" (Malcolm McDowell), "Johnny" (David Wood) and "Wallace" (Richard Warwick) and led by the former, they have little interest in conforming…
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What is if.... about?
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking…
When was if.... released?
if.... was released in 1968.
What genres does if.... belong to?
if.... is categorised as Drama.
Who stars in if....?
The cast of if.... includes Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster.