The History Boys

6.6 2006 Nicholas Hytner 1h 49m
Drama
The History Boys

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, a

Cast

Richard Griffiths Richard Griffiths Hector
Stephen Campbell Moore Stephen Campbell Moore Irwin
Dominic Cooper Dominic Cooper Dakin
Samuel Barnett Samuel Barnett Posner
James Corden James Corden Timms
Russell Tovey Russell Tovey Rudge
Samuel Anderson Samuel Anderson Crowther
Jamie Parker Jamie Parker Scripps

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