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| name = Fun at St. Fanny's
| image = Fun_at_St._Fanny's.jpg
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| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
| producer = {{ubl|David Dent|Peter Noble}}
| writer = {{ubl|[[Fred Emney]]|Anthony Verney|Denis Waldock}}
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Fred Emney]]|[[Cardew Robinson]]|[[Vera Day]]|[[Davy Kaye]]}}
| music = [[Edwin Astley]]
| cinematography = [[Eric Cross (cinematographer)|Eric Cross]]
| editing = [[Robert Jordan Hill]]
| studio = [[Adelphi Films]]
| distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]] {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1955|12|15|London, UK}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
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'''''Fun at St. Fanny's''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Fred Emney]], [[Cardew Robinson]] and [[Vera Day]].<ref>Hunter & Porter p.123</ref> The film revolves around the teachers and students of St Fanny's [[private school]], particularly the pupil Cardew the Cad who is kept at the school for many years after he should have graduated so that the dishonest headmaster can claim his inheritance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-fun-at-st-fannys-1955-online|title=Watch Fun at St. Fanny's|website=BFI Player}}</ref> It was based on a radio show which was written by and starred Robinson.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_81vQWGYelwC&dq=variety+fanfare+cardew+robinson+bbc+radio&pg=PA276|title=The Daily Telegraph Third Book of Obituaries: Entertainers|first=Group Limited|last=Telegraph|date=1 June 1998|publisher=Pan|isbn=9780330367752 |via=Google Books}}</ref> The film's sets were designed by [[art director]] [[Norman G. Arnold]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aabbdf4|title=Fun at St. Fanny's (1955)|website=BFI}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Fred Emney]] as Dr. Septimus Jankers
* [[Cardew Robinson]] as Cardew the Cad
* [[Vera Day]] as Maisie
* [[Johnny Brandon]] as Fanshawe
* [[Davy Kaye]] as Ferdy
* [[Freddie Mills]] as Harry the Scar
* [[Gerald Campion]] as Fatty Gilbert
* [[Miriam Karlin]] as Mildred
* [[Claude Hulbert]] as Winkle
* [[Kynaston Reeves]] as McTavish
* [[Gabrielle Brune]] as Matron
* [[Stanley Unwin (comedian)|Stanley Unwin]] as The Guide
* [[Dino Galvani]] as Pumpernickel
* [[Peter Butterworth]] as The Potter
* [[Paul Daneman]] as Fudge
* [[Roger Avon]] as Horsetrough
* [[Ronnie Corbett]] as Chumleigh
* Aud Johansen as Praline
* [[Tom Gill (actor)|Tom Gill]] as Constable
* [[Marianne Stone]]
* Douglas Ives as Museum Attendant
* Stuart Saunders as Police Sergeant
* Neil Wilson as Second Museum Attendant
* [[Melvyn Hayes]] as Heckling Boy at Concert
* [[Anthony Valentine]] as Schoolboy in audience

==Critical reception==
''[[Evening Standard|The Standard]]'' called it "the British school joke stretched almost to infinity."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1421699/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Hunter, I.Q & Porter, Laraine. ''British Comedy Cinema''. Routledge, 2012.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0049241}}
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1421699/ ''Fun at St. Fanny's'' at BFI Screenonline]

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