The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1961)
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One in the series of St. Trinian's off-beat, irreverent comedies that began in 1953 and continued strong through the '60s, this farce by Frank Launder features the usual bevy of comely young women who attend the school. This time around, the femmes terribles have just burnt down the school and shock the world by getting acquitted when hauled into the Old Bailey. It seems the judge is keen on Rosalie (Julie Alexander) and besides, an unscrupulous shyster posing as a professor offers to rebuild the school. Instead, he takes the offenders on a bogus tour of Greece and once they are underway, he leads them to his real goal -- forced matrimony to the sons of an Arab sheik. As always, this St. Trinian's comedy is meant for audiences who enjoy its own brand of humor. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Cecil Parker - Prof. Canford
- George Cole - Flash Harry
- Irene Handl - Miss Gale
- Sidney James - Benny
- Raymond Huntley - Judge
- Monty Landis - Octavius
- Cyril Chamberlain - Army Captain
- Wensley Pithey - Chief Constable
- Harold Berens - British Consul
- Julie Alexander - Rosalie
- Martin Benson
- Mark Dignam - Prosecuting Counsel
- Dawn Beret - Jane
- Michael Ripper - Liftman
- Lloyd Lamble - Superintendent Kemp-Bird
- Joyce Grenfell - Sgt. Ruby Gates
- Thorley Walters - Butters
- Eric Barker - Culpepper-Brown
- Dennis Price - Gore Blackwood
- Elwyn Brook-Jones - Emir
- Nicholas Phipps - Major
- George Benson - Defense Counsel
- Clive Morton - V.I.P.
- John Le Mesurier - Minister
- Maria Lennard - Millicent
- Basil Dignam
- Lisa Lee - Miss Brenner
- Bill Shine
- Warren Mitchell
- Liz Frazer - Miss Partridge
- Director(s):
- Frank Launder
- Writer(s):
- Frank Launder, Val Valentine, Sidney Gilliat
- Producer(s):
- Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
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