Spare the Rod
May 23, 1961 | IMDB 6
93 min Watch NowDrama
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
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9 Songs
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The Elementary Particles
Anatomy of a Murder
Match Point
Donnie Darko
All Quiet on the Western Front
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A School Behind Bars
Blackmail
Fight Club
The Poseidon Adventure
The Experiment
To Die For
Dances with Wolves
The Hours
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Grapes of Wrath
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