It's easy to recognise in this film the origins of the St. Trinians' film series, but in a more niaive styling. The plotline is fairly simple, and Messrs Sim, Rutherford, Middleton, Grenfell, and Wattis showcase their acting styles in a precursor of many past and future roles - if you are seeking new experiences of their acting capabilities, look elsewhere. A film of its time, which will offer little interest to those whose appreciation is not whetted by the grindstones of nostalgia. As a footnote, George Cole, later to feature as Flash Harry in St Trinians, here has an uncredited cameo as a Department of Education caretaker.
The concluding scene of the film has Margaret Rutherford's character suggesting to Alastair Sim that they could seek to take advantage of a scheme encouraging cultivation of groundnuts in Tangayika - a reference to an ill-conceived government initiative which floundered in the early 50's. A topical joke long lost to the modern viewer. ( )