
Richard Herring: The Headmaster's Son
2010-02-11 · 92 min · ★ 6.7
In The Headmaster's Son, a nostalgic and faintly disturbing juvenile romp through the 1980s, Richard Herring considers what could possibly be worse than being a podgy, swotty, virginal schoolboy. What if your dad's the headmaster too?
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- Craig Griffith
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- Go Faster Stripe
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- United Kingdom
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