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The brilliantly droll Alastair Sim (A Christmas Carol) and the imperious Margaret Rutherford (Murder Most Foul) become reluctant allies in this madcap farce about a British girls' school that is accidentally billeted at a boys' school.The Happiest Days of Your Life, which spawned the popular St.Trinian's film series, builds from sweet chuckles to feverish laughter as children fight, teachers romance, and bungling bureaucrats sink into chaos. ... Read more

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GOOD BRITISH CINEMA
Waiting for a dvd release for this one.
looks dated but still funny.no dorky special effects so the actors and actresses had to act which is something you can't say today.These british films could always put a smile on your face that's why true british culture will always be ours.

One of the very best of British comedies
This is a hilariously funny film, made in the early 1950's during the hey-day of England's Ealing Studios. Set in World War II England, an Academy for Young Ladies is accidentally evacuated to boys' school by the Ministry of Education. The story is a classic, however it is two of the top Ealing actors who make this film so very memorable. Alastair Sim and Joyce Grenfell are incredible as the incompetent headmaster and the never grown-up schoolmistress, respectively, who are gamely trying to cover up the potentially disasterous consequences of the Ministry's error.

For those who love old movies, old British movies at their best, or are just plain fed up with a fare of slick, expensive, plot-less Hollywood movies, I guarantee this will delight and entertain.

One of the best British Comedies
This is a hilarious and funny film set in World War II England, when a girls school is accidentally evacuated to a school for boys. The story is a classic, however it is the top players who make this film so very memorable. Alastair Sim and Joyce Grenfell are incredible.

For those who love old movies, or are just plain fed up with a fare of slick, expensive, plot-less Hollywood movies, I guarantee you will love this. ... Read more

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"Lovely, unclaimed egghead."
With the advent of a new Labour Party Government, officials at the Ministry of Education anticipate broad cuts in private schools, so a celebration is underway with the employees at the ministry partying the night away as they predict the closure of the notorious all-girls school St Trinian's. But it seems that the celebration is a little premature--little do they know that the headmistress, Amber Spottiswood (Dora Bryan) counts the new Labour Minister of Education as one of her many lovers.

With 80,000 pounds in hand (a grant from the very friendly Minister), Miss Spottiswood is able to revive St Trinian's yet again. It seems that the pupils at St Trinian's have resorted to living in an army tent after yet another fire devastates the school. Miss Spottiswood purchases a new home for her school for delinquents and summons her merry band of mistresses to join her. The Mathematics Mistress leaves her card-sharp life, the French Mistress creeps away from "modelling," the Arts Mistress gives up stripping, the Games Mistress abandons the professional wrestling ring, and the Deputy Headmistress is released just in time from Holloway jail to join the rest of the crew.

As the St Trinian's girls settle in their new home, they are blissfully unaware that 10 million pounds is secreted away in the cellar by a gang of thieves led by hairdresser Alphonse Hackett (Frankie Howard). And it becomes Alphonse's mission--guided by Mr Big who sends messages through the salon's steriliser--to recoup the money. Meanwhile disgruntled school inspectors--convinced that orgies commence nightly at St Trinian's--bravely volunteer for a secret mission...

This is the fourth--and unfortunately--the last film in the St Trinian's series. Made in the 60s, it has a very different feel to the other St Trinian's films, and as fans of British 60s comedies know, "The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery" stars many of the great talents from that period--comedienne Dora Bryan as the headmistress Amber Spottiswood is a joy to watch as she slips from her upper class accent (when she placates and manipulates the minister) to her working class voice as she empties the wallets of parents on Parent's Day. Some of the best scenes involve Dora Bryan and her minister. Parent's Day is an incredible event with the St Trinian's girls at their worst as they fleece any parent they can. Lecherous Frankie Howard is perfect as the slimy hairdresser, Alphonse, and Reg Varney has a small role as crook. George Cole is back again as Flash Harry, and this time he builds a bookie's office with a special children's entrance--and the office includes counters set at different heights so the smaller third form girls can bet their pocket money on the gee-gees too. Great stuff--a classic--and a must-see for fans of 60s British comedy--displacedhuman--Amazon Reviewer-- ... Read more

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Wild schoolgirl hijinks
"The Belles of St. Trinians" is an old-fashioned wacky school comedy, full of wild kids and clueless adults.  Set in an English private school, the girls of St. Trinians might just have been the first to establish this familiar film genre.

The girls are VERY wild, sometimes shockingly so, brewing up gin in chemistry class and then selling it through a local bootlegger, Flash Harry, or winning field hockey games by putting the opposing team and the referee in the hospital by whacking them with their hockey sticks.   In light of current "PC" times, kids in films just aren't this wild anymore.  Plenty of the humor just comes from seeing these kids in action.

Alistair Sim does good service in his double role as the corrupt Clarence and his twin sister, the optimistic yet still slightly corrupt Mrs. Fritton.  The other adults in this film range from clueless to incompetent, such as the Board of Education inspectors who like the school so much they just never seem to leave.

"The Belles of St. Trinians" is a bit dated, but that is part of its fun as well.

An innovative British comedy
Alastair Sim reprises, after a fashion, his barmy schoolmaster role from the 1950 film, "The Happiest Days Of Your Life," only this time he's playing Margaret Rutheford's character, performing in drag as Miss Fritton, a dotty headmistress whose belief in a liberal, unstructured education has led to complete lawlessness and havoc at her private girl's school. Sim also plays Miss Fritton's twin brother, a crooked bookie who locks horns with his sister over a rigged horse racing scam. The joy of this movie comes from the anarchic behavior of the ill-mannered, blithely menacing students, who are surly, dishevelled and perhaps a bit worldly beyond their years. (The film was based on a series of drawings by cartoonist Ronald Searle, sort of a "Pippi Longstocking" meets "Lord Of The Flies" scenario...) There are also several choice character roles: Sims' gender-bending aside, there is a magnificent performance by George Cole, as "Flash Harry", a fast-talking but quite loveable con artist who helps sell the bootleg liquor the Fourth Form girls make in chemistry class, and Joyce Grenfell as a horsey, inept policewoman who is sent in undercover to find out just what's going on at St. Trinian's. As with many postwar British comedies, the underlying theme is of a crass new age threatening to overtake the decorum of the old, established order, as typified by the hypocrisies of the adults in the film (Sim and the slovenly, venal school staff) and the more likeable slickness and unapologetic hucksterism of the Flash Harry character. The depictation of the chaotic, unruly, cigarette smoking girls -- American style juvenile delinquents! Egad! -- is also pretty funny. The film runs at a brisk, slapstick pace, and the humor is often rather obvious and unsubtle, but when it hits the mark, it's a delight.

Jolly Hockeysticks
"The Belles of St Trinian's" is a British comedy produced in the 50s. It centres around St. Trinian's--a school for girls, and this is the first film in the series of four. St Trinian's has a terrible reputation--both with the local constabulary and also with the Ministry of Education, but when a wealthy Arab sheik decides to send his daughter, Fatima, to St Trinian's, he is blissfully unaware of the school's awful reputation but is rather impressed by the school's proximity to the racetrack.

St. Trinian's is beleaguered by financial problems, and the headmistress, Miss Fritton, has been forced to pawn the school trophies, so it is with delight that the teachers and headmistress receive the wealthy Princess Fatima and her allowance of one hundred pounds. Clarence, Miss Fritton's evil twin brother--an avid gambler is also delighted that Fatima is attending the school. He intends--along with his daughter (another St Trinian's pupil)--to nobble the Sheik's horse, Arab Boy in the upcoming races and thereby win a bundle. To complicate matters, Miss Fritton also bets on Arab Boy to win.

Things turn ugly when the fourth form (who put aside their gin-making temporarily) battle against the sixth form, and it's every man for himself on Parent's Day when war wages between the besieged fourth formers and the aggressive sixth. Fortunately, a bus full of 'old girls' comes to the rescue armed with Zulu spears and shields.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Education's attempts to reign in this out-of-control school for delinquents has led to the mysterious disappearence of several school inspectors, and the subsequent formation of 'the lotus eaters' in the school's greenhouse. This really has to be seen to be believed. Alasdair Sim doubles for both the delightfully distracted Miss Fritton and her twin brother conniving Clarence. Joyce Grenfell is extremely funny as the besotted police woman Ruby Gates--persuaded against her better judgement to operate undercover as Creepy Crawlie, St Trinian's Games Mistress. And George Cole is marvellous as Flash Harry--the odd character who haunts the bushes of St Trinian's--and who imagines that he is the soul of discretion. This film is highly recommended for British comedy fanatics.

A classic
Before the Goon show and Monty Python there was the Trinian series. Examples of innovative British comedy. Some of the later Trinian films are real stinkers. This is the original and it is simply one of the funniest films ever made-period. If you watch this and the 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol" and do not come away convinced that Alastair Sim was one of the great actors of all time, there's no hope for you.

Inspired Lunacy
In this and the sequel movies about "St. Trinian's School for Girls" an inspired British ensemble cast, led by the matchless Alastair Sim, carry on in the most inspired tradition of British comedy. Alastair Sim plays a dual role, both as headmistress of the school and as her shady uncle. Paraphrasing the words of the headmistress, "Other schools for young girls sadly do not prepare young girls for the cold cruel world, but in the case of St. Trinian's girls, it is the cold cruel world which is not prepared." I cannot WAIT, I PLEAD, for the someday release of a DVD set of the entire St. Trinian's series, an "All Class Reunion."

If the madcap humor of Monty Python or Mel Brooks is your cup of tea, do not miss St. Trinian's!! ... Read more

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Wild schoolgirl hijinks
"The Belles of St. Trinians" is an old-fashioned wacky school comedy, full of wild kids and clueless adults.  Set in an English private school, the girls of St. Trinians might just have been the first to establish this familiar film genre.

The girls are VERY wild, sometimes shockingly so, brewing up gin in chemistry class and then selling it through a local bootlegger, Flash Harry, or winning field hockey games by putting the opposing team and the referee in the hospital by whacking them with their hockey sticks.   In light of current "PC" times, kids in films just aren't this wild anymore.  Plenty of the humor just comes from seeing these kids in action.

Alistair Sim does good service in his double role as the corrupt Clarence and his twin sister, the optimistic yet still slightly corrupt Mrs. Fritton.  The other adults in this film range from clueless to incompetent, such as the Board of Education inspectors who like the school so much they just never seem to leave.

"The Belles of St. Trinians" is a bit dated, but that is part of its fun as well.

An innovative British comedy
Alastair Sim reprises, after a fashion, his barmy schoolmaster role from the 1950 film, "The Happiest Days Of Your Life," only this time he's playing Margaret Rutheford's character, performing in drag as Miss Fritton, a dotty headmistress whose belief in a liberal, unstructured education has led to complete lawlessness and havoc at her private girl's school. Sim also plays Miss Fritton's twin brother, a crooked bookie who locks horns with his sister over a rigged horse racing scam. The joy of this movie comes from the anarchic behavior of the ill-mannered, blithely menacing students, who are surly, dishevelled and perhaps a bit worldly beyond their years. (The film was based on a series of drawings by cartoonist Ronald Searle, sort of a "Pippi Longstocking" meets "Lord Of The Flies" scenario...) There are also several choice character roles: Sims' gender-bending aside, there is a magnificent performance by George Cole, as "Flash Harry", a fast-talking but quite loveable con artist who helps sell the bootleg liquor the Fourth Form girls make in chemistry class, and Joyce Grenfell as a horsey, inept policewoman who is sent in undercover to find out just what's going on at St. Trinian's. As with many postwar British comedies, the underlying theme is of a crass new age threatening to overtake the decorum of the old, established order, as typified by the hypocrisies of the adults in the film (Sim and the slovenly, venal school staff) and the more likeable slickness and unapologetic hucksterism of the Flash Harry character. The depictation of the chaotic, unruly, cigarette smoking girls -- American style juvenile delinquents! Egad! -- is also pretty funny. The film runs at a brisk, slapstick pace, and the humor is often rather obvious and unsubtle, but when it hits the mark, it's a delight.

Jolly Hockeysticks
"The Belles of St Trinian's" is a British comedy produced in the 50s. It centres around St. Trinian's--a school for girls, and this is the first film in the series of four. St Trinian's has a terrible reputation--both with the local constabulary and also with the Ministry of Education, but when a wealthy Arab sheik decides to send his daughter, Fatima, to St Trinian's, he is blissfully unaware of the school's awful reputation but is rather impressed by the school's proximity to the racetrack.

St. Trinian's is beleaguered by financial problems, and the headmistress, Miss Fritton, has been forced to pawn the school trophies, so it is with delight that the teachers and headmistress receive the wealthy Princess Fatima and her allowance of one hundred pounds. Clarence, Miss Fritton's evil twin brother--an avid gambler is also delighted that Fatima is attending the school. He intends--along with his daughter (another St Trinian's pupil)--to nobble the Sheik's horse, Arab Boy in the upcoming races and thereby win a bundle. To complicate matters, Miss Fritton also bets on Arab Boy to win.

Things turn ugly when the fourth form (who put aside their gin-making temporarily) battle against the sixth form, and it's every man for himself on Parent's Day when war wages between the besieged fourth formers and the aggressive sixth. Fortunately, a bus full of 'old girls' comes to the rescue armed with Zulu spears and shields.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Education's attempts to reign in this out-of-control school for delinquents has led to the mysterious disappearence of several school inspectors, and the subsequent formation of 'the lotus eaters' in the school's greenhouse. This really has to be seen to be believed. Alasdair Sim doubles for both the delightfully distracted Miss Fritton and her twin brother conniving Clarence. Joyce Grenfell is extremely funny as the besotted police woman Ruby Gates--persuaded against her better judgement to operate undercover as Creepy Crawlie, St Trinian's Games Mistress. And George Cole is marvellous as Flash Harry--the odd character who haunts the bushes of St Trinian's--and who imagines that he is the soul of discretion. This film is highly recommended for British comedy fanatics.

A classic
Before the Goon show and Monty Python there was the Trinian series. Examples of innovative British comedy. Some of the later Trinian films are real stinkers. This is the original and it is simply one of the funniest films ever made-period. If you watch this and the 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol" and do not come away convinced that Alastair Sim was one of the great actors of all time, there's no hope for you.

Inspired Lunacy
In this and the sequel movies about "St. Trinian's School for Girls" an inspired British ensemble cast, led by the matchless Alastair Sim, carry on in the most inspired tradition of British comedy. Alastair Sim plays a dual role, both as headmistress of the school and as her shady uncle. Paraphrasing the words of the headmistress, "Other schools for young girls sadly do not prepare young girls for the cold cruel world, but in the case of St. Trinian's girls, it is the cold cruel world which is not prepared." I cannot WAIT, I PLEAD, for the someday release of a DVD set of the entire St. Trinian's series, an "All Class Reunion."

If the madcap humor of Monty Python or Mel Brooks is your cup of tea, do not miss St. Trinian's!! ... Read more

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Following where Hitchcock first trod...
Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard costar in this unusual spy story, wherein Kerr plays a young Irish lass, raised on her dad's romantic self-mythologizing "war stories" of the 1916 Irish rebellion, who goes to England to fight against the British oppressors. It being the middle of World War Two, she decides the enemy of her enemy is her friend, and she hooks up with a German spymaster, gathinging information from the jovial soldiers that frequent the local pub... She comes around, of course, once she realizes that passing on the information about the upcoming D-Day invasion may cost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, but in between she is a uniquely unsympathetic protagonist. It's amazing that this particular story would have been filmed so close after the close of the war, when the extent of German barbarity haad been so clearly exposed; the bigger point seems to have been to diffuse and sideline Irish political separatism... Still, as a silly spy film, this is reasonably enjoyable... it's just a little weird around the edges.

Fun thriller from a classic British era
The team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliatt specialized in smart, witty, quintessentially British thrillers of the sort that made Hitchcock's name-- and not only did they write one of Hitchcock's first big successes, The Lady Vanishes, Gilliatt really invented the minigenre of the droll train-based thriller with 1932's Rome Express while Hitchcock was still learning his trade. (After The Lady Vanishes they wrote its sort-of-sequel, Night Train to Munich, which I for one think is even better.)

Deborah Kerr stars as an Irish lass with stars in her eyes for the Irish cause, which get her caught in the intrigues of a Nazi spy (the scarily cold Raymond Huntley). It was Kerr's breakthrough performance (and one that may seem familiar since Maureen O'Hara copies it closely in The Quiet Man). Especially compared with today's sub-Republic-serial action films, the suspense scenes are well thought out and present believable problems (how DO you get rid of a body from the second floor of an inn in a small town where everyone knows you?), and the comic touches (note the surreal "twin" bureaucrats) are sharply observed.

The presence of Trevor Howard as a light romantic lead in this film reminds us that as British thrillers got more serious after the war-- in such films as The Third Man, The Clouded Yellow and They Made Me a Fugitive, all starring Howard and making use of his dour, seen-awful-things-in-wartime manner-- Launder and Gilliatt weren't really capable of following. But when it comes to amusingly British, skillfully exciting entertainments in the 1930s and 1940s, they were first-rate and deserve to be better remembered. ... Read more

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"Grab the nearest weapon."
"Blue Murder at St Trinian's" is the second in the series of four St Trinian's films, and in many ways it's the wildest of the four. St Trinian's is an all-girl's school that is the bane of the local police force, the dread of the townspeople, and the thorn in the side of everyone at the Ministry of Education. The film begins with Flash Harry (George Cole) arranging a marriage between an Arab prince and one of the schoolgirls. Flash has a number of business interests with the school-- illegal gin, bookmaker for the 200 plus pupils, and he also runs the St Trinian's marriage bureau. The prince, while poring over photos of the long-legged lovelies, cannot decide, however, which flower of British maidenhood to select as his next bride, so he convinces Flash to agree to bring the girls over so that he can see them in the flesh.

Unfortunately, Flash Harry lacks the funds to bring the girls to Europe, so soon there is a plot--and this involves breaking into the Ministry of Education--to win an essay competition. Since the prize is a trip to Europe, St Trinian's girls stop at nothing to ensure a win and a free trip to meet the prince.

Meanwhile, St Trinian's is without a headmistress. It seems that Miss Fritton is inexplicably detained at a 'resort,' and so the Ministry of Education employs a Dame Maud Hackshaw--otherwise--known as 'Kill'em or Cure'em Hackshaw'-- to replace Miss Fritton. But battleax Dame Maud has to sail from Australia (no one in England is daft enough to take the job), and troops surround the school to maintain some sort of order. The troops are supposed to hold the fort until the headmistress arrives, but "the fiends in human form" test even the British Army's mettle.

Joe Mangan (Lionel Jeffries)--the jewel thief parent of a sixth form girl arrives on the scene right before Dame Hackshaw, and he proves to be the better chaperone for the out-of-control schoolgirls, so Dame Hackshaw is stuffed in the bell tower, while Joe Mangan--in drag--accompanies the delinquents of St Trinian's on their European tour.

Many of the familiar characters from "The Belles of St Trinian's" appear in this film--Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) is still engaged to Sgt Sammy, Miss Fritton (Alastair Sim) makes a brief appearance, and Flash Harry (George Cole) is still the shiftless, much-loved spectre who haunts the school grounds. This film, however, also showcases Terry Thomas as the fortune-hunting, bankrupt bus company owner Romney. He is such a marvellous comedian, and this role is perfect for him. The scenes of Romney's romancing of Ruby Gates are priceless, and St Trinian's progress across Europe--hilarious--their antics including hijacking a Mozart festival , the hospitalization of several dozen French schoolgirls, and the tour-de-force is the "liquid massacre" that takes place in Rome--displacedhuman--Amazon Reviewer-- ... Read more

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For all the 'Old Girls'
"The Pure Hell of St Trinian's" is the third St Trinian's film in the series of four. St Trinian's is a notorious British boarding school for girls--the Ministry of Education longs for the closure of the school, and in the beginning of the film, it does indeed look as though St Trinian's days are finally numbered.

In "The Pure Hell of St Trinian's," the girls are accused of setting fire to the school, and in an attempt to close St Trinian's forever, the prosecuting counsel puts the entire school on trial--over 200 girls spill over the docks at the Old Bailey. With witnesses such as Lolita Chatterly Peyton Place Brighton and the rat who proposes to reveal the identities of the guilty girls for "knicker and a safe passage to Ostend," the trial rapidly degenerates into a lot of rotten tomato throwing and several passes made at the judge.

Just as the judge is about to announce the sentence, a rather rum figure who calls himself 'Professor Canford' (Cecil Parker) proposes an "unorthodox approach" to punishment, and soon Canford and his headmistress--Miss Harker-Parker (played by the adorably cuddly Irene Handl) have custody of the girls. Canford plans to take the sixth form girls out of the country on a cruise to Greece, and to impress the Ministry he hosts a St Trinian's Culture festival--and this includes such events as a paint battle, a fashion show that consists of tattily dressed urchins parading around, and then the "final outrage," a version of Hamlet--complete with a striptease.

Canford leaves for Greece with the sixth form, and Policewoman Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) succumbs to pressure from her fiance of 14 years--Sgt Sammy-- to stow away on the ship--along with her recorder--and report back on the actions of the somewhat fishy Canford.

Soon "Operation Gymslip" is launched after the entire sixth form disappear. The British government decides the kidnapped sixth form must be saved as "after all, they are British," but to avoid an international incident, the operation is secret. A mobile bath unit of the British Army (awaiting supplies of gin) is activated, and 2 school inspectors are dispatched with edible instructions. Serious help is on the way as the rest of the vicious St Trinians' mob dash to the rescue.

This is yet another wonderful addition to the St Trinian's series. Old favourites are here--the liftman from the Ministry of Education, George Cole as Flash Harry (and we see his tattoo in this film) has a much bigger role, and the 2 school inspectors, Culpepper-Brown and Butters return, and of course, the forever engaged Ruby Gates is back. Newcomers in this film include Cecil Parker and Irene Handl, but also Dennis Price as the marvellously snobby MP, Gore Blackwood, and Sid James--a truly great comedian--has a small role as Alphonse O'Reilly. This fast-paced and laugh-packed film is a great addition to the St Trinian's series--displacedhuman--Amazon Reviewer-- ... Read more

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"Grab the nearest weapon."
"Blue Murder at St Trinian's" is the second in the series of four St Trinian's films, and in many ways it's the wildest of the four. St Trinian's is an all-girl's school that is the bane of the local police force, the dread of the townspeople, and the thorn in the side of everyone at the Ministry of Education. The film begins with Flash Harry (George Cole) arranging a marriage between an Arab prince and one of the schoolgirls. Flash has a number of business interests with the school-- illegal gin, bookmaker for the 200 plus pupils, and he also runs the St Trinian's marriage bureau. The prince, while poring over photos of the long-legged lovelies, cannot decide, however, which flower of British maidenhood to select as his next bride, so he convinces Flash to agree to bring the girls over so that he can see them in the flesh.

Unfortunately, Flash Harry lacks the funds to bring the girls to Europe, so soon there is a plot--and this involves breaking into the Ministry of Education--to win an essay competition. Since the prize is a trip to Europe, St Trinian's girls stop at nothing to ensure a win and a free trip to meet the prince.

Meanwhile, St Trinian's is without a headmistress. It seems that Miss Fritton is inexplicably detained at a 'resort,' and so the Ministry of Education employs a Dame Maud Hackshaw--otherwise--known as 'Kill'em or Cure'em Hackshaw'-- to replace Miss Fritton. But battleax Dame Maud has to sail from Australia (no one in England is daft enough to take the job), and troops surround the school to maintain some sort of order. The troops are supposed to hold the fort until the headmistress arrives, but "the fiends in human form" test even the British Army's mettle.

Joe Mangan (Lionel Jeffries)--the jewel thief parent of a sixth form girl arrives on the scene right before Dame Hackshaw, and he proves to be the better chaperone for the out-of-control schoolgirls, so Dame Hackshaw is stuffed in the bell tower, while Joe Mangan--in drag--accompanies the delinquents of St Trinian's on their European tour.

Many of the familiar characters from "The Belles of St Trinian's" appear in this film--Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) is still engaged to Sgt Sammy, Miss Fritton (Alastair Sim) makes a brief appearance, and Flash Harry (George Cole) is still the shiftless, much-loved spectre who haunts the school grounds. This film, however, also showcases Terry Thomas as the fortune-hunting, bankrupt bus company owner Romney. He is such a marvellous comedian, and this role is perfect for him. The scenes of Romney's romancing of Ruby Gates are priceless, and St Trinian's progress across Europe--hilarious--their antics including hijacking a Mozart festival , the hospitalization of several dozen French schoolgirls, and the tour-de-force is the "liquid massacre" that takes place in Rome--displacedhuman--Amazon Reviewer-- ... Read more