ComedyCrimeFamily

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

Release Date : 1966-03-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : British Lion Film CorporationBraywild

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett

Original Name : Frankie Howerd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amber Spottiswood

Original Name : Dora Bryan

Gender : Female

Character Name : 'Flash' Harry

Original Name : George Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilbert

Original Name : Reg Varney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Horace, the Minister

Original Name : Raymond Huntley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manton Bassett

Original Name : Richard Wattis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georgina

Original Name : Portland Mason

Gender : Female

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Terry Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Culpepper Brown

Original Name : Eric Barker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Truelove

Original Name : Godfrey Winn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Noakes

Original Name : Colin Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leonard Edwards

Original Name : Desmond Walter-Ellis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Jim

Original Name : Arthur Mullard

Gender : Male

Character Name : William

Original Name : Norman Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maxie

Original Name : Cyril Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chips

Original Name : Larry Martyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pakistani Porter

Original Name : Leon Thau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Veronica Bledlow

Original Name : Elspeth Duxbury

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Barbara Couper

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Carole Ann Ford

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Margaret Nolan

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Maggie Rennie

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Jean St. Clair

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Lisa Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Peter Gilmore

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Michael Ripper

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Meredith Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jeremy Clyde

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Aubrey Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William Kendall

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Voice (voice)

Original Name : Stratford Johns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolgirl

Original Name : Ingrid Boulting

Gender : Female

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Jolly Hockey Sticks Part 4. The fourth part of the St. Trinian's themed films is the first to be shot in colour, and also the point where someone should have realised that this series had run out of steam. Based on Ronald Searle's demonic schoolgirls, this outing cribs off of the topical Great Train Robbery of the 60s, retains George Cole as a reassuring presence, while adding Dora Bryan and Frankie Howerd for some acting solidification. It's not a bad film as such, in fact the last quarter, where a whole host of train shenanigans come into play, is great fun, it's just that it feels tired, less risky, like the makers were hedging their bets to get a box office winner (which came to fruition). Fast framing is a bit of a cheat, Howerd is wasted - or sleepwalking through the film? But Bryan is on hand for a bit of quality while the girls are all boisterous and minxy. Enjoyable enough for those so inclined, even if it's utterly forgettable come the final credits. 6/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-06

Though George Cole stayed put as the wily "Flash Harry", the stylishness and mischief of the Sim/Grenfell films has been replaced by the more crass, innuendo-laden and colour performances from Frankie Howerd and Dora Bryan. Raymond Huntley ("Sir Horace") is the government minister who decides to allocate £85,000 to locate the ailing school and to keep it up to date with the times. Thing is, it's headmistress "Amber" (Bryan) is his bit-on-the-side and she uses the cash to ensure the school becomes little better than a state of the art gambling facility that wouldn't have looked out of place in Atlantic City. Unbeknown to them all though, the old building in which their school is now housed has already been used for a nefarious purpose by some train robbers. Needless to say, they want access to their ill-gotten gains hidden under the floorboards - and when the unruly girls get wise to their plotting, shenanigans galore ensue! Bryan and Howerd both have good comedy coming and a degree of chemistry, but the latter is too domineering as an actor and as character - and as I was never really his biggest fan anyway, I found he rather robbed the thing of any subtlety or hint of comedic sophistication. If you like, "St. Trinians" is now steaming towards "Carry On" territory and leaving behind it the charming boisterousness of previous iterations. It isn't terrible and some of the humour is still quite perky, but these have run their course now, I'd say.