The Happiest Days Of Your Life

The Happiest Days Of Your Life is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder, based on the play by John Dighton. The two men also wrote the screenplay. It's one of a stable of classic British film comedies produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for British Lion Film Corporation. The film was made on location and at Riverside Studios, London and starred Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford. In several respects, including some common casting, it was a precursor of the more anarchic St. Trinian's films of the 1950s.

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In an interview with the Offbeat Magazine in 1989, Peel was asked a question on what kind of films he enjoy watching: "'Any films with Margaret Rutherford or Alastair Simms in. I know one should say how one enjoyed the festival of Korean films or something arty like that, but the best film ever was the one with both of them in called The Happiest Days Of Your Life. You just marvelled at the writing. No jokes about farting, no Barbara Windsor talking about great floppy tits, just sharp intelligent humour. In fact, anything in black and white is worth checking out.' "