Production
Potter's original Gamesmanship series had been popular books in the 1950s, but were not written in a narrative form, so the device was adopted that Potter (Alastair Sim) had set up a "College of Lifemanship" in Yeovil to educate those seeking to apply his methods for success. Some interest had previously been shown by Cary Grant (with Carl Foreman) in a filmed version of Potter's books, but this failed when no way could be found of translating the dry humour for an American audience. The film's title is a reference to Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1777 comic play, The School for Scandal.
Although the film credits its producer, Hal E. Chester, and Patricia Moyes, the screenplay was written by Peter Ustinov and Frank Tarloff. Its director, Robert Hamer, was sacked during filming due to his return to drinking and the enterprise was completed by Chester and an (uncredited) Cyril Frankel. Hamer would never work in film again, and died in 1963.
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