"At The Top Of The Year's "Ten Best" - The picture that earns for 1939 a proud place in motion-picture history!"

1939

1h 54m

7.4(129 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

Acting

Robert Donat

Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

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Greer Garson

Katherine 'Kathy'

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Terry Kilburn

John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III

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John Mills

Peter Colley as a Young Man

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Paul Henreid

Max Staefel

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Judith Furse

Flora

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Lyn Harding

Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby

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Milton Rosmer

Chatteris

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Frederick Leister

Marsham

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Louise Hampton

Mrs. Wickett

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Austin Trevor

Ralston

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David Tree

Jackson

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Edmund Breon

Colonel Morgan

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Jill Furse

Helen Colley

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Scott Sunderland

Sir John Colley

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Leonard Boucher

(uncredited)

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Henry Caine

Bit Role (uncredited)

Creator

David Croft

Greengrocer's Boy Perkins (uncredited)

Acting

Leo de Pokorny

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Clive Dunn

Youth (uncredited)

Directing

Cyril Frankel

Schoolboy Extra (uncredited)

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Peter Gawthorne

Army General (uncredited)

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Dane Gordon

Cast Member (uncredited)

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Martita Hunt

British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)

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Simon Lack

Wainwright (uncredited)

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John Longden

Raven (uncredited)

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Patrick Ludlow

(uncredited)

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Guy Middleton

McCulloch (uncredited)

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Phyllis Morris

(uncredited)

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Cyril Raymond

Teacher (uncredited)

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J.H. Roberts

Doctor (uncredited)

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Michael Shepley

Teacher (uncredited)

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Nigel Stock

John Forrester (uncredited)

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Ronald Ward

(uncredited)

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Caven Watson

(uncredited)

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