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Director
  
Roger Christian

Music director
  
Trevor Jones

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Short

Screenplay
  
Shane Connaughton

Language
  
English

Writer
  
James Kennaway
,
Shane Connaughton

Release date
  
1980 (1980)

Initial release
  
February 1981 (United Kingdom)

Cast
  
Rikki Fulton, Neil Crossan, Robert Urquhart, Iain Andrew

Similar movies
  
Related Roger Christian movies

The Dollar Bottom is a 1981 British short film directed by Roger Christian. It won an Academy Award at the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981 for Best Short Subject.

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Plot

Schoolboys at a public school set up an insurance scheme against being caned by the teachers. The scheme proves so successful that they float the company on the Stock Market.

Cast

  • Robert Urquhart as Headmaster
  • Rikki Fulton as Karl
  • Jonathan McNeil as Taylor 2
  • Angus Reid as Graham
  • Iain Andrew as Browne
  • David Bullion as Macadam
  • Martin Thom as Macbeth
  • Neil Crossan as Knox
  • John Field as Hepburn
  • Peter Adair as Moncrieff
  • David Mowat as Porter
  • Ruth Munroe as Mrs. Maclaren
  • Alexander Bell as Schoolboy
  • Robin Gow as Schoolboy
  • Bruce Barrons as Schoolboy
  • Gareth Williams as Schoolboy

    • References

    The Dollar Bottom Wikipedia
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    The Dollar Bottom IMDb The Dollar Bottom themoviedb.org