What film is this from

[moolady1977]

So I was talking to my dparents today and my dad came out with "hoi polloi" now I know I've heard this said in a film but for the life of me can't think what film it is, can anyone help???

Everything with Hugh Grant?

Ive Googled apparently it's Dead Poets Society

Could be anything! It's not an uncommon expression.

It could be one of many - hoi polloi was quite a common phrase when I was younger. Comes from Greek.

An oldie like Up Pompeii?

I was going to suggest Mary Poppins but that’s “View Halloo”... not helpful

Lots of films - I’d assume it was a phrase with fairly common usage, throughout the 20th century, much less so these days as it’s not that politically correct to speak about class, especially in a derogatory way which is essentially the meaning (referring to an inferior lower class).

It always bugs me because 'hoi' means 'the', and 'polloi' means 'many'. So 'the hoi polloi' is redundant.
I'll slink off to Pedants' Corner now.

Hoi polloi?

Could be any number of films...

Hoi Polloi isn't a quote unique to a film, it's basically another way of saying "the masses"