

A stiff teacher meets a flirty showgirl and accidentally becomes the world's most unlikely heartthrob.
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
Acting
O'Toole's fourth Oscar nom for trembling restraint and late-breaking warmth.
Score
Petula Clark's voice melting the stiffness right out of him.
Production
Sweeping period sets that smell like chalk and tweed.

Director
Herbert Ross
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was O'Toole's fourth Oscar nomination in seven years; he famously never won, making this part of Hollywood's longest sympathetic losing streak.
Petula Clark was already a massive pop star ('Downtown') when cast; her character's music-hall background mirrors her own crossover from British variety to international fame.