if....

Which side will you be on?
if.... (1968)
Timing: 1:52 (112 min)
if.... - TMDB rating
7.09/10
348
if.... - Kinopoisk rating
7.348/10
5614
if.... - IMDB rating
7.4/10
26000
Watch film if.... | IF.... (Starring Malcolm McDowell) Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema)
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Release date
Country
Genre
Drama
Budget
$0
Revenue
$500 000
Website
Director
Actors
Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Robert Swann, Hugh Thomas, Michael Cadman, Peter Sproule, Peter Jeffrey
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
John Howlett
Composer
Marc Wilkinson
Artist
Audition
Short description
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film's title was suggested by a secretary from Memorial Films, who was tired of listening to the director and screenwriter endlessly going through possible options.
  • The screenplay the film was based on was called «Crusaders» (written in 1960) and was set at Tonbridge School, where its authors studied. Location shooting was planned there, but the school administration refused, fearing for the institution's reputation, as such boys' boarding schools were already being attacked by the press at the time.
  • The film was shot at Cheltenham College, where director Lindsay Anderson once studied, as well as at Aldenham School.
  • The screenplay the film was based on was called "The Crusaders" (written in 1960) and was set at Tonbridge School, where its authors were educated. Location shooting was planned there, but the school authorities refused, fearing for the reputation of the institution, as such boarding schools for boys were already being vilified by the press at the time.
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