Alma Mater
1971 · 85 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, TV Movie
Jimmy Nicholson returns from working in the Middle East to visit his son at boarding school. He went to the same public school himself and is disturbed to find that things have changed and the traditions by which he has always lived and been guided now seem to be obsolete.
Directed by James Ferman · Written by David Hodson
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Ian Carmichael Jimmy Nicholson -
Nigel Hawthorne Major -
Max Adrian Nathan W. Potts - G Graham Armitage Dingle
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Helen Christie Bookmaker's wife -
Dinah Sheridan Matron
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