School for Scoundrels (1960 film)
School for Scoundrels is a 1960 British comedy film, directed by Robert Hamer, starring Ian Carmichael and TerryThomas, and inspired by the Gamesmanship series of books by Stephen Potter. It has been remade twice in Bollywood in 1975 under the title Chhoti Si Baat, and in Hollywood in 2006 as School for Scoundrels.
Well, gentlemen, lifemanship is the science of being one up on your opponents at all times. It is the art of making him feel that somewhere, somehow he has become less than you less desirable, less worthy less blessed.Palfrey is given an object lesson in this when he has his interview with Potter, who proceeds to win a namecalling game. When Palfrey explains that he is a failure, Potter surmises that a woman is involved. In flashback, Palfrey recounts how he first met April Smith Janette Scott, knocking parcels from her hands when he rushes to catch a bus. He manages to arrange a dinner date with her. ........
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