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The History Boys (2006)

US:: R UK:: 15 Comedy Drama

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

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Runtime: 109 mins Revenue: $13,401,952 Budget: $4,000,000 Rating: 6.7 Tag Line: History. It's just one bloody thing after another. Homepage: Website

Cast

Penelope Wilton

Mrs. Bibby

Clive Merrison

Headmaster

Richard Griffiths

Hector

Adrian Scarborough

Wilkes

Jamie Parker

Scripps

Frances de la Tour

Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger

Samuel Anderson

Crowther

James Corden

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