| Blue Murder at St Trinian's | |
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| Directed by | Frank Launder |
| Produced by | Frank Launder Sidney Gilliat |
| Written by | Frank Launder Sidney Gilliat Val Valentine |
| Starring | Terry-Thomas George Cole Joyce Grenfell Lionel Jeffries Alastair Sim Richard Wattis Lisa Gastoni Sabrina |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
| Editing by | Geoffrey Foot |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
| Release date(s) | 1957 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) is British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. Directed by Frank Launder and written by him and Sidney Gilliat, it was the second of the series of five films and stars Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries and Richard Wattis.
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Spiv "Flash Harry" has set up a marriage agency for the Sixth Form and an Italian Prince is interested in meeting the girls. Meanwhile, the father of one of the Sixth Formers is involved in a diamond theft and recklessly decides to hide out at the school.
Cheating in an academic competition so that they can win a 'goodwill' trip overseas to pave the way for the Sixth Form girls to meet the Prince, the girls force the diamond thief to reluctantly masquerade as their headmistress so that he can accompany them on their trip as their 'chaperone'.
Chaos reigns as the St. Trinian's girls run amok in Europe, leaving a string of victims in their wake as they win by underhanded means at hockey in France and at water polo in Italy.
George Cole ... "Flash Harry"
Joyce Grenfell ... Policewoman Sergeant Ruby Gates
Terry-Thomas ... Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts
Lloyd Lamble ... Superintendent Kemp-Bird
Terry Scott ... Police Sergeant
Lionel Jeffries ... Joe Mangan
Thorley Walters ... Major Whitehart
Cyril Chamberlain ... Army Captain
Alastair Sim ... Miss Fritton
Guido Lorraine ... Prince Bruno
Sixth Form
Lisa Gastoni ... Myrna Mangan
Rosalind Knight ... Annabel
Dilys Laye ... Bridget Strong
Sabrina ... Virginia
Ministry of Education
Richard Wattis ... Manton Bassett
Eric Barker ... Culpepper-Brown
Peter Jones ... Prestwick
As Miss Fritton, Sim appears in only a few scenes.
A leading model at the time, Sabrina got high billing, appearing in all the posters and publicity stills in school uniform, but she actually had a non-speaking part in which she was only required to lounge in bed reading a book while men hovered around her. She is described as the "school swot", the only pupil to go to bed on time and where she reads the works of Dostoyevsky.
Thorley Walters was to re-appear in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's, effectively replacing Richard Wattis as Culpepper-Brown's nerve-racked assistant. He was also to play the part of Culpepper-Brown himself in The Wildcats of St Trinian's in 1980.
It was Rosalind Knight's first credited film role. She too would later appear in The Wildcats film, this time as a teacher.
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