The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)

Directors:

Sidney Gilliat
Frank Launder

Writers:

Frank Launder (original story) &
Sidney Gilliat (original story) ...

Release Date:

4 April 1966 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Train | Schoolgirl | Uniform | Sequel | Independent Film

Cast

Frankie Howerd	...	Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett
Dora Bryan	...	Amber Spottiswood
George Cole	...	'Flash' Harry
Reg Varney	...	Gilbert
Raymond Huntley	...	Sir Horace, the Minister
Richard Wattis	...	Manton Bassett
Portland Mason	...	Georgina
Terry Scott	...	Policeman
Eric Barker	...	Culpepper Brown
Godfrey Winn	...	Truelove
Colin Gordon	...	Noakes
Desmond Walter-Ellis	...	Leonard Edwards (as Desmond Walter Ellis)
Arthur Mullard	...	Big Jim
Norman Mitchell	...	William (Willy the Jelly-Man)
Cyril Chamberlain	...	Maxie

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:G | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Longmoor military railway, Longmoor Military Camp, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Braywild

Trivia:

The last feature film of Cyril Chamberlain.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Harry is in the signal box to stop the robber's train he pulls a lever back toward him and we then see the signal drop to danger. After the girls have uncoupled the wagon, he pushes the lever forward again and the signal returns to clear. These actions are the wrong way round. Signal levers are pulled back to raise the signal to clear, pushed forward again to return to danger.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)

Not so funny.

This, a fourth film about the infamous St Trinians school just doestn´t work on a number of levels. Whilst George Cole has been consistently good throughout the series, this movie really needed an actor of Alastair Sim´s magnitutude to make an impression. The few laughs are laboured and it is certainly the weakest in the entire St Trinians canon. Helps pass a Sunday afternoon, I suppose, but offers little in terms of laughs or general entertainment.