The Dollar Bottom is a 1981 British short film directed by Roger Christian. It won an Oscar at the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981 for Best Short Subject.
Plot
Schoolboys at a private school in Edinburgh 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
- Stephen Casciani as Schoolboy
- Alexander Bell as Schoolboy
- Robin Gow as Schoolboy
- Bruce Barrons as Schoolboy
- Gareth Williams as Schoolboy
- Peter Casciani as Schoolboy
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