The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Cast & Crew
Frank Launder
Frankie Howerd
Reg Varney
Desmond Walter Ellis
Norman Mitchell
Larry Martyn
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Synopsis
Amber Spottiswood, headmistress of St. Trinian's School, receives a grant from her lover, the new minister of schools, to reopen her notorious school. She arranges to have Mabel Radnage, the head deputy, released from prison and then recalls the rest of the staff from temporary jobs such as stripteasing and modeling. Classes are soon underway again, to the dismay of train robbers who have stashed £2,500,000 under the school's ballroom stage. The leader of the gang, Alphonse Askett, enrolls his two daughters at St. Trinian's to aid the gang, and they decide to recover the money on parents' day. Though the gang members disguise themselves as caterers, they are discovered by both the girls and Flash Harry, the school bookie. Alphonse and his men manage to transfer the money to a stolen train and make their escape, but the schoolgirls pursue them in another train. The police soon join the chase in a third train, and the girls, having taken the money from the gang, find they must turn it over to the authorities. Using their ingenuity, the girls claim the reward money and receive medals for their good deed.
Cast
Frankie Howerd
Reg Varney
Desmond Walter Ellis
Norman Mitchell
Larry Martyn
Cyril Chamberlain
Arthur Mullard
Stratford Johns
Raymond Huntley
Richard Wattis
Peter Gilmore
Eric Barker
George Benson
Michael Ripper
Godfrey Winn
Lisa Lee
Edwina Coven
Dora Bryan
Barbara Couper
Elspeth Duxbury
Maggie Mcgrath
Margaret Nolan
Jean St. Clair
Carole Ann Ford
George Cole
Portland Mason
Maureen Crombie
Colin Gordon
Leon Thau
Meredith Edwards
Jeremy Clyde
Aubrey Morris
William Kendall
Terry Scott
Crew
Malcolm Arnold
Geoffrey Foot
Leslie Gilliat
Ivor Herbert
Ken Hodges
Bob Jones
Frank Launder
Bert Mason
Cecil Mason
Eddie Pike
Honoria Plesch
Peter Price
Anthony Waye
Albert Witherick
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Notes
Released in Great Britain in March 1966; running time: 102 min. Originally released in the U. S. by Gary Dartnall, a representative of British Lion Corp. One of a series of comedies based on the drawings of Ronald Searle.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in England March 1966
c Eastmancolor
