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Spare the Rod

Genre: Drama
Countries: UK,
Release Date: May 23, 1961
Year: 1961
Runtime:93 mins
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John Saunders is a teacher, just out of training college, who takes over a class of badly behaved children in an inner city school. The general rule amongst the other teachers is to enforce discipline with the cane, but Saunders has other ideas, but he has to fight against another teacher, who has a vicious streak.

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