Directed by:
Frank LaunderCinematography:
Stanley PaveyComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Joan Sims, Sidney James, Michael Kelly, Michael Ripper, Belinda Lee, Shirley Eaton, Beryl Reid (more)Plots(1)
The Belles of St Trinian's is a classic comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School, released in 1954, directed by Frank Launder and written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Featuring a star cast of British comedy talent including - Alastair Sim as both Miss Millicent Fritton and Clarence Fritton, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Beryl Reid and many others. The unruly schoolgirls of St. Trinian’s are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has kidnap on her mind. (StudioCanal UK)
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A wonderfully sharp comedy, much better than its modern remake, mainly because Alastair Sim is (unlike Rupert Everett) great in the female role, and because the girls' school is populated not just by precocious, sexy students in short skirts, but mainly by small, shaggy-haired girls with bows and glasses, whose appearance contrasts much better with their behaviour ("Oh dear. I told Bessie to be careful with that nitro-glycerine!"). It's just a pity that the story gets a bit lost in the barrage of all those jokes, and although I was still having fun, I didn't really care how it would end.
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