if....

1968 · directed by Lindsay Anderson

Rating
79/100
Hit
no

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.

if.... (1968), directed by Lindsay Anderson, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Malcolm McDowell
  • David Wood
  • Richard Warwick
  • Christine Noonan
  • Rupert Webster
  • Robert Swann
  • Hugh Thomas
  • Michael Cadman
  • Peter Sproule
  • Peter Jeffrey

Crew

  • Miroslav Ondříček — Director of Photography
  • David Gladwell — Editor
  • Marc Wilkinson — Original Music Composer
  • David Sherwin — Screenplay
  • John Howlett — Writer

More from Lindsay Anderson

  1. This Sporting Life (1963) — 82/100 · hit
  2. O Lucky Man! (1973) — 76/100
  3. The Whales of August (1987) — 68/100
  4. Britannia Hospital (1982) — 57/100

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