
Watch If....
"Which side would you be on?"
- R
- 1968
- 1 hr 51 min
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8.0 (181,845)
If.... is a 1968 British satire of English public schools. The movie expresses the revolutionary spirit of the 1968 counterculture. Public schools in England are like private schools in the United States. The heroes of the film are three non-conformist boys named Mick, Wallace and Johnny. They are tormented by upperclassmen, called the Whips, given permission to discipline the younger students. The movie also pokes fan at the headmaster and the housemasters at the school. Mick’s housemaster, Mr. Kemp, is easily manipulated by the Whips. The students discuss the advantages of revolting and defying the authorities and overturning the power structure of the school.