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Alma Mater

8.019711h 25mMovieDramaTV Movie

Jimmy Nicholson returns from working in the Middle East to visit his son at boarding school. He went to the same public school himself and is disturbed to find that things have changed and the traditions by which he has always lived and been guided now seem to be obsolete.

DirectorJames Ferman
WritersDavid Hodson·Dion Boucicault
ProducerIrene Shubik

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Cast · Directed by James Ferman

ICIan Carmichael
Ian Carmichael
Jimmy Nicholson
NHNigel Hawthorne
Nigel Hawthorne
Major
MAMax Adrian
Max Adrian
Nathan W. Potts
GA
Graham Armitage
Dingle
HCHelen Christie
Helen Christie
Bookmaker's wife
DSDinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan
Matron

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Alma Mater hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 25, 1971. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.