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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

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Stuffy young Latin instructor Arthur Chipping (Peter O'Toole) is widely disliked by his young charges at a small public school in Great Britain in the 1920s, until he finds his life turned around by charming music hall singer and comedienne Katherine Bridges (Petula Clark). Though her lower-class past impedes Chipping's longed-for rise to headmaster, the students become devoted to her good-hearted warmth, which also helps transform the once-despised "Chips" into a beloved school figure.
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Pauline Kael The New Yorker 07/06/2022
Herbert Ross has managed to keep it a gentle romance, and keep it fairly buoyant. What this all adds up to is that one can look at Peter O'Toole performance without too much pain. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
4/4
Even at its worst, Chips is inoffensive in its sentimentality. At its best, it's the first film since The Two of Us that I genuinely feel deserves to be called heartwarming. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 04/21/2012
C+
In Herbert Ross' musical version of the classic 1939 film, Peter O'Toole (Oscar-nominated) essays the role memorably played by Robert Donat, who won an Oscar. Go to Full Review Jonathan R. Perry Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) 04/26/2005
3/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 02/12/2004
4/5
In many ways better than the 1939 film, this beautifully made movie is hurt by being a musical with indifferent songs. Go to Full Review Filmcritic.com 01/04/2004
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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Herbert Ross

Director

Peter O'Toole

Arthur Chipping

Petula Clark

Katherine Bridges

Michael Redgrave

The Headmaster

George Baker

Lord Sutterwick

Sîan Phillips

Ursula Mossbank

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Synopsis Stuffy young Latin instructor Arthur Chipping (Peter O'Toole) is widely disliked by his young charges at a small public school in Great Britain in the 1920s, until he finds his life turned around by charming music hall singer and comedienne Katherine Bridges (Petula Clark). Though her lower-class past impedes Chipping's longed-for rise to headmaster, the students become devoted to her good-hearted warmth, which also helps transform the once-despised "Chips" into a beloved school figure.
Director
Herbert Ross
Producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriter
Terence Rattigan
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, APJAC Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 5, 1969, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2010
Runtime
2h 31m