Movie·2005·1h 34m
Ahead of the Class
Directed By
Adrian Shergold
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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The Story
Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.
Written By
Robert Jones
Producer
Simon Heath
Cinematography
David Odd
Music
Paul Heard
Editor
Tania Reddin
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
5 votes
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// cast
Cast
Julie Walters
Marie Stubbs
Reece Dinsdale
Sean Devlin
Tony Slattery
Stuart Stiles
Michelle Fairley
Sonia Venning
Inday Ba
Trudy Gower
Anton Lesser
Graham Ranger
Danny Nussbaum
Thomas Moreira
Hannah Yelland
Tracey O'Leary
Adrian Rawlins
Tony Mackersie
Katherine Parkinson
Vicky Foley
Calum MacNab
Jason Foley
Bernard Holley
Bill Stubbs
Mercedes Grower
Alex Greer
Alan McKenna
Simon Linder
Kate Lonergan
Maxine Horley
Neville Jason
Canon Joseph
Heather Craney
Nadine Stubbs
Amy Jo Lamb
Debbie Campbell
// crew
Crew
Adrian Shergold
Director
Simon Heath
Executive Producer
Paul Heard
Original Music Composer
David Odd
Director of Photography
Tania Reddin
Editor
Robert Jones
Writer
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