Friday, May 21, 2010

(M 43) School for Scoundrels

British fifties comedy (1960) A loser goes to a school of lifemanship to become a winner. Unable to win the girl, outmaneuver an underling at work, outmaneuver a competitor at a restaurant or on the tennis court, a salesman at a used car garage, he goes to a school of ploys and tricks to learn how to win. he succeeds at work against his competitor on the tennis court, reselling his car and gets the girl to come home with him. but when his tricks are too successful he is about to send the school home. the teacher of the school and his competitor break in on him and discover a new ploy, but it is not- it is sincerity, something the teacher truly hates.

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