Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)

  • PG
  • 12/26/2002 (GB)
  • Family, Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 39m

Overview

In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chipping's and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and,when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head.

Stuart Orme

Director

James Hilton

Novel

Frank Delaney

Screenplay

Cast

Martin Clunes's headshot

Martin Clunes

Mr. Chipping
Victoria Hamilton's headshot

Victoria Hamilton

Kathie
Conleth Hill's headshot

Conleth Hill

Max Staefel
John Wood's headshot

John Wood

Wetherby
Patrick Malahide's headshot

Patrick Malahide

Ralston
David Horovitch's headshot

David Horovitch

Burnley
Christopher Fulford's headshot

Christopher Fulford

Metcalf
Harry Lloyd's headshot

Harry Lloyd

Young Rivers

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