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To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film written and directed by James Clavell. Based on E. R. Braithwaite's 1959 autobiographical novel of the same title, and starring Sidney Poitier, the film deals with social and racial issues in a secondary school in the East End of London. The cast also includes Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Patricia Routledge and singer Lulu making her film debut.

The film was a box office success, earning $42.4 million on a $0.6 million budget, while the title song "To Sir with Love", sung by Lulu, peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks in the autumn of 1967 and ultimately was the best-selling single in the US that year. Poitier portrayed Mark Thackeray, a charismatic schoolteacher to troubled youth in the East End of London. The collective critical response, from contemporary reviewers through to later analysis, is collectively favourable.

A made-for-television sequel, To Sir, with Love II, was released in 1996, with Poitier, Lulu and Judy Geeson reprising their roles.

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