- BFI identifier23719
- Date1954 (Copyright)
1954-11-15 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisMiss Fritton (Alastair Sim) is headmistress of St Trinians, a girls schools where her unorthodox doctrine and free expression has brought her a collection of very uninhabited pupils. The arrival of a wealthy Sultan's daughter as a new pupil leads to involvement in the kidnapping of a prize racehorse. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn the opening credits, the following cast members are grouped together under these headings: The Mistresses: Beryl Reid, Renee Houston, Joan Sims, Jane Henderson, Mary Merrall, Irene Handl, Balbina, and Noel Hood The Girls: Vivienne Martin, Andreé Melly, Elizabeth Griffiths, Annabelle Covey, Jean Langston, Diana Day, Belinda Lee, Jill Braidwood, Pauline Drewett, and Lorna Henderson The Men: Guy Middleton, Arthur Howard, Eric Pohlmann, Lloyd Lamble, Sidney James, Richard Wattis, Martin Walker, and Michael Ripper The five leading members of the cast (Sim, Grenfell, Cole, Baddeley, and Davies) are not grouped under any heading. The remaining members of the cast appear in the closing cast list only.
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Frank Launder
©/Produced in association with: British Lion Film Corporation
Production Company: London Film Productions
view all - CastAlastair Sim (Miss Millicent Fritton/Clarence Fritton)
Joyce Grenfell (Police Sergeant Ruby Gates)
George Cole (Flash Harry)
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