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To Sir With Love

To Sir, with Love
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UK theatrical release poster
Directed by James Clavell
Produced by James Clavell
Screenplay by James Clavell
Based on To Sir, With Love
1959 novel
by E. R. Braithwaite
Starring Sidney Poitier
Music by Ron Grainer
Cinematography Paul Beeson
Edited by Peter Thornton
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • 14 June 1967 (1967-06-14) (US)
  • 29 October 1967 (1967-10-29) (UK)
Running time
105 min
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $625,000
Box office $42,432,803
To Sir, with Love
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Soundtrack album by various
Released 1967
Genre Traditional pop
Label Fontana Records (UK)
Singles from To Sir, with Love
  1. "To Sir With Love"
    Released: 1967

To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and singer Lulu making her film debut. James Clavell (who had written The Children's Story three years prior) directed from his own screenplay, which was based on E. R. Braithwaite's 1959 autobiographical novel of the same name.

The film's title song "To Sir With Love", sung by Lulu, reached number one on the U.S. pop charts for five weeks in the autumn of 1967 and ultimately was Billboard magazine's No. 1 pop single for that year. The movie ranked number 27 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.

A made-for-television sequel, To Sir, with Love II (1996), was released nearly three decades later, with Poitier reprising his starring role.

Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier), an unemployed man, applies for an engineering job but it will be a long time before a decision is made. He also applies for, and is awarded, a teaching position at the North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London. He comes from British Guiana via California.


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